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Are you a zombie? Not an actual dead person that walks the streets, but someone who can’t function in the morning without a coffee?
Then listen up. Your morning coffee could be causing your body to react in ways you may have never thought possible!
From gallbladder retraction to anxiety, blood pressure to concentration levels, that morning cuppa joe may not be as rejuvenating as you think! Before you wake up and put that pot on, take a minute to think about whether it’s going to kickstart your day, or kickstart health problems!
Here are seven issues with your morning routine.

1. Causes Gallbladder Contraction

If you get gallstones often, then you are going to want to avoid drinking coffee on an empty stomach. Doing so can cause your gallbladder to contract, which means it shrinks in size and stops functioning correctly.
You may notice a loss of appetite, sharp pain, vomiting, jaundice, and diarrhea. While it’s not always something about which to be concerned and can be a regular digestive process, it can be painful and uncomfortable!

2. Anxiety

What would you rather do – start the day a little weary, or be a crippling ball of anxiety? That may be the reality if you start your morning with coffee. There is plenty of research to now show that caffeine in coffee is associated with anxiety.
The condition is known as caffeine-induced anxiety disorder and can cause anxiety attacks and may even grow into phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Cutting out caffeine quickly could be an excellent idea! 

3. Concentration


Many people swear by their cuppa joe to get them on their toes in the morning, but how engaged are you in your morning meeting? Are your hands shaking as you try to stay alert? Are you reaching for another teaspoon of coffee to take the edge off?
The truth is, your concentration levels and work performance are at an all-time low when you start with a morning coffee on an empty stomach.

4. Raises Your Blood Pressure


Are you already suffering from hypertension? Then lay off the morning coffee. Those who don’t usually drink a lot of coffee, or suffer from hypertension, may experience high blood pressure from drinking coffee.
The changes can last for around two or three hours, which can be long enough to experience discomfort when you don’t have to! Have a glass of water instead.

5. Fibrocystic Breast Disease



While this one doesn’t necessarily relate to coffee on an empty stomach, it’s essential all the same. The Journal of the National Cancer Institute has reported a connection between caffeine consumption and fibrocystic breast disease (FBD).
If you drink between 31 and 250mg of caffeine every day, you had a 1.5-fold increase in the risk of getting the condition, or 2.3-fold if you drank over 500mg.

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