Runenight201
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Thanks for the response. The chocolate milk affects me positively (if made properly), and I've had some great highs with coffee in the past, so I do think I'm able to properly metabolize it, I just need to figure out the right parameters.
I think there certainly is something to be said for coffee tolerance, especially since many people drink 2-5 cups a day. I've never gone over a cup a day, so I do not think I've developed a tolerance that may be causing problems.
That's an interesting note on cortisol/testosterone ratio. I think I've pinpointed what a cortisol response feels like in me (usually a flush, heated body, followed by sweating and oily skin), and if I drink black coffee on an empty stomach that is sure to be the case. I no longer crave coffee on an empty stomach as a result, so I think my appetite has learned from those experiences, or rather it knows what's needed on an empty stomach and it's not coffee lol (usually meat/eggs and starch). When I crave coffee (usually when my glycogen levels are high mid-day), I don't get that cortisol stress response, but as of late that inhibited sleepy state.
I think black coffee perhaps may be a no go. After all, I wouldn't eat bitter chocolate straight, it needs milk/sugar to buffer it and make it very enjoyable. In fact, last night I made chocolate milk that was way to strong and I had a stress response and delayed my sleep by about an hour because of it. The same might need to be the case with coffee, where as it's too concentrated, and my body responds by shutting down rather than stimulating, but with milk/sugar, I'll be able to receive the beneficial aspects of the coffee without becoming inhibited.
I'll try making a latte tomorrow mid-day if I get the coffee craving, and report back.
I think there certainly is something to be said for coffee tolerance, especially since many people drink 2-5 cups a day. I've never gone over a cup a day, so I do not think I've developed a tolerance that may be causing problems.
That's an interesting note on cortisol/testosterone ratio. I think I've pinpointed what a cortisol response feels like in me (usually a flush, heated body, followed by sweating and oily skin), and if I drink black coffee on an empty stomach that is sure to be the case. I no longer crave coffee on an empty stomach as a result, so I think my appetite has learned from those experiences, or rather it knows what's needed on an empty stomach and it's not coffee lol (usually meat/eggs and starch). When I crave coffee (usually when my glycogen levels are high mid-day), I don't get that cortisol stress response, but as of late that inhibited sleepy state.
I think black coffee perhaps may be a no go. After all, I wouldn't eat bitter chocolate straight, it needs milk/sugar to buffer it and make it very enjoyable. In fact, last night I made chocolate milk that was way to strong and I had a stress response and delayed my sleep by about an hour because of it. The same might need to be the case with coffee, where as it's too concentrated, and my body responds by shutting down rather than stimulating, but with milk/sugar, I'll be able to receive the beneficial aspects of the coffee without becoming inhibited.
I'll try making a latte tomorrow mid-day if I get the coffee craving, and report back.