How many of you wake up and head for the coffee machine first thing in the morning and then get ready for your day? Me, me, me! I have to have my coffee, but there are days that my body is not responding and I drink more and I get the opposite effect.
Did you know that there are different herbs that make great coffee substitute, still taste great, and give you the energy you need to make it thru the day. Plus, you do not have to get the jitters that some people get drinking too much coffee.
Chicory is an herb that you can use as a coffee substitute. The benefits of using Chicory as your coffee include helping with inflammation, keeping your blood sugar levels in check, and essential when it comes to gut health. But if pregnant you should not drink Chicory.
Dandelion Root, when roasted and made like coffee taste similar, the good thing about Dandelion coffee is it has probiotics and helps reduce inflammation, great for your immune system, also helps your gastrointestinal tract to stay healthy and helps with circulation.
Chaga tea, this woody looking mushroom helps prevent ageing, improves your immune system just by drinking it in the morning, you feel energetic without the sluggish feeling at the end of the day. All this goodness by just boiling water. How awesome is that?
Cacao Nibs, you can buy them at a health food store. The flavor is rich and tasty. Enjoying a hot cup every morning makes for a great substitute for coffee. They are high in potassium, lowers risk of heart disease, lowers blood pressure and blood sugar levels, and also packed with Iron and Potassium.
Barley is one of the popular choses when it comes to picking a grain for a coffee substitute. I would have never thought of Barley as a coffee. But it helps reduce bloating, lowers blood sugars, and helps eliminate constipation.
All these coffee substitutes that I mentioned all have great benefits that help the body to heal and give you the energy that you need to make it thru out the day.
These substitutes sound so much better then coffee. It could be that coffee has all the same benefits as the substitutes but our bodies have gotten so use to it, so it is good to mix it up and change our drink of choice. every once in a while.
Does it really matter as long as we get that boost of energy that we all need in the morning to get us motivated to start are day?
The one that really caught my eye was Barley, someone must have really been desperate for a cup of coffee to come up with that one, but with desperate times comes desperate measures.
From all this, I have learned that coffee has some real competition and I do believe there are more substitutes out there that we have not heard of yet but taste just as good and have many more health benefits that does a body good.
Coffee anyone?