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On this week's Mini Monday episode, Evan covers one of his favorite beverages and how to make it perform better for you. Coffee makes its way into Evan's routine a few times a week mainly because of the delicious flavor but also because it's fasting friendly like tea and water.

Even though Evan loves a black coffee full of exotic notes, there are multiple ways you can upgrade your coffee to make it work better for you such as:

-Giving steady energy

-Keeping you full longer

-Making sure it doesn't dehydrate you

Tune in to learn how to hack your coffee and make it work better for you!

Do everything with good intentions and connect to your elements.

Disclaimer:

This podcast is for educational purposes only, it is not a substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional. Evan Roberts is not a medical professional and this podcast is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. Statements and views expressed on this show are not medical advice, this podcast, including Evan Roberts and any guests on the show, disclaims responsibility for any possible adverse effects from the use of information contained in this episode. If you think you have a medical problem please consult a medical professional.

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Welcome back to the elemental oven show.

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Today's a mini Monday episode as opposed to a wellness Wednesday episode.

So I'll try to keep this episode nice and short.

I really enjoy these a tiny episode because I can just drop a little

gem of knowledge with all of you.

Um, and they tend to be pretty cool little episodes.

I feel like I get a lot of a good response from them.

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And a yet today's episode is just going to be a great one,

honestly, because it's about coffee.

And I absolutely love coffee, actually.

Um, I know this is a mini episode, but I'll give you a little back history.

So I used to hate coffee.

I used to like, not drink it at all through high school.

And, um, it wasn't until I started getting into college that I, uh, really started

to drink coffee because Ashley's mom

Uh, she is from Venezuela and she drinks coffee, like a true Venezuelan.

Uh, she drinks a coffee every single day, pretty much, you know?

And so, uh, through this constant offering of coffee to me, eventually,

I had to cave in and drink some coffee and, uh, it became a little

bit of a true love story for me.

I love coffee.

I think most people do.

And, um, yeah, really, for me, it's actually less about the energy of coffee.

Uh, that I would receive in the morning.

I'm actually a pretty naturally energized person.

Uh, but I just love the flavor and the whole process of coffee as I'm making

it, it's almost like a ritual to me.

So, um, yeah, I just really thoroughly enjoy coffee and, uh,

that is why I wanted to share some of my favorite hacks with coffee.

Uh, with all the you, so here's a few different ways to make sure that

you are improving coffee or, uh, you know, making sure that your.

Being careful with coffee as well.

So the first thing I really wanted to start off with is if you are, If you

have issues with coffee, like let's say you are reliant on it for energy.

And if you can't function without your first cup of coffee in, uh,

in the morning, uh, or let's say maybe you have bad anxiety or you

get nausea, or you just, you have a bad relationship with caffeine.

Then I actually would encourage you to take a break from coffee,

take a break from caffeine.

And I know that's totally counterintuitive to this whole entire episode, but truly.

Truly, I have to start with that.

If you were having those kinds of issues, then please take.

You know, a minimum of like two weeks, maybe even a month where

you just don't drink any coffee, maybe not even any caffeine at all.

Um, Maybe you do have some tea, but, and maybe it's just a reliance

on coffee, but whatever it is, try to no longer be reliant on it.

And if you are dealing with anxiety or even nausea or heartburn, things

like that, uh, see how you feel when you stop drinking the coffee

and see if it works well with you.

Also, if you do drink coffee, make sure that you are, um, which, and

this is going to be the first point, which is water, but make sure you

are drinking, uh, ample water in the morning before you drink coffee.

Uh, make sure that you stop drinking your coffee by one to two o'clock in

the afternoon so that you don't have a ton of caffeine in your system.

Uh, later in the evening, when you're trying to go to So those

are going to be the two notes that I wanted to start off with.

But now in terms of boosting your coffee and making it work better for

you, we have number one out of four, which is to add minerals to your coffee.

So this might sound a little weird, but coffee is a diuretic.

So coffee makes you go pee.

It's also a laxative, right?

Well, at least in my opinion, because coffee definitely has me going.

Uh, to the restroom every morning, like clockwork.

And I think it does for most people as well.

Um, but one of the things that happens is when you are paying a lot like that,

and you're not hydrating properly.

Uh, you are also flushing your body out of a lot of minerals.

So you can start to lose a lot of trace minerals from drinking

too much coffee, because you're just peeing it out and maybe even

getting rid of it in other ways.

So we want to make sure that we are taking trace minerals.

You can add trace minerals to your coffee.

Um, or you can add it to water and drink water before, during

and after you're drinking coffee, uh, just throughout the day.

It's a good idea to add trace minerals to your diet because we're

typically actually a little bit deficient with the trace minerals.

So trying to make sure we're getting proper levels of trace

minerals is going to be key.

Uh, trace minerals does tend to have a little bit of a flavor

depending on how you get them.

I have a little dropper with trace minerals and it's quite salty.

So I usually don't add.

Uh, that to my coffee would be all just like a drop and that won't

really affect the flavor there.

But I definitely add the trace minerals to all of my water.

And there is a coffee by Dave Asprey called, uh, danger coffee,

which has, uh, minerals, trace minerals already added into it.

So you can just brew the coffee like normal, and you're getting the trace

minerals in there, uh, because he adds them in there, which I think is

a really, really smart idea, actually.

So I'll go ahead and post a link in the show notes, uh, to

where you can get that coffee.

Uh, that way you don't have to worry about buying an additional trace minerals.

You'll just have it automatically in your coffee.

Um, so that was number one is adding minerals to the coffee.

Number two is going to be to add collagen.

So if you're not trying to fast in the morning, cause I know a lot of

people, uh, do intermittent fasting that listen to this show and obviously.

Uh, college and we'll take you out of that because it is a protein,

And it will take you out of ketosis.

So if that's the case, don't add college in, but if you're not trying

to fast, then please go ahead and add some unflavored college into your

coffee or flavored if you want to.

I mean, that's your choice, but.

I like the unflavored because you literally don't taste it

in It blends in completely.

So you don't have any real grit or anything from the collagen and

collagen is amazing for you, right?

So specifically grassfed collagen is what I'm talking about here.

Um, you can also get multi-type collagen, meaning it comes from

different types of animals and they do different functions in the body.

Which could also be very important as well.

Um, but collagen helps with your joints, helps with your skin, helps

with your nails, helps with your hair, does a bunch of things in the body, but

obviously joints is a really huge one.

Um, I think people will tend to have a lot of joint Uh, whether it's

through inflammation, eating the wrong foods or previous injuries.

So making sure we're taking college and pretty.

Pretty much daily is a, is a really good idea.

And one of the best and easy ways to get it into your

system is just through coffee.

You're going to drink it anyways.

It doesn't taste like anything.

It doesn't mess with the coffee flavor.

So you can just easily get in a scoop of collagen in the morning

and, um, you know, get that nice beneficial college and protein.

And, uh, help out your joints and your skin and all.

You know, it's a building block for your body, you know?

So that's number two is add collagen.

And then number three is going to be adding MCT oil and butter.

So if no one has had this before, it's typically called the Bulletproof coffee.

Um, and yeah, it's literally, you take MCT, which is medium chain, triglyceride

oil, typically dried from coconuts.

They do have it from Palm as well.

Um, I like to just get it from coconuts because that way I know it's from a

sustainable harvest, you know, as opposed to Palm oil, which a lot of the times

is harvested in a really poor manner.

So usually I'll just get MCT oil from coconuts.

That's been derived from coconuts.

And then, um, it's a tablespoon of that and a tablespoon of butter.

The butter needs to be grass fed.

Uh, that is because it just has more beneficial minerals and nutrients in it.

And the butter is also going to help create, uh, the post

biotic butyrate in your system.

Uh, and also it's just going to help make you feel fuller longer,

especially when you're fasting.

So you can actually have this coffee during a fast, because all it is is fats

and then the coffee, which is not going to pull you out of a state of ketosis, right.

It's going to keep you in that fat burning state.

So you can go ahead and make this coffee on a day where you're fasting

and feel like you're having a frothy.

Uh, latte essentially, and it's going to help keep you full

for a longer period of time.

So you can extend that fast and make it a 16, 18, 24 hour fast or whatever

it may be that you're going for.

Um, I typically will make this kind of drink maybe once or twice,

maybe even three times a week, depending on what I'm doing that

And, uh, personally, I just love the flavor.

It tastes really good.

I know coffee sounds weird having butter in it.

Um, but what you do is you get unsalted grassfed butter, put

a tablespoon in there, put a tablespoon of MCT oil, you blend it.

And then after you blend it, serve it up.

It's frothy delicious.

Literally kind of tastes like a latte.

So, um, definitely give that a try.

I highly recommend, I really enjoy it.

And then the very last one is, uh, a little bit of a hack that

you can add to your coffee.

Oh, sorry.

One point I wanted to mention as well.

The MCT oil and butter.

It also helps with jitters from the coffee.

So it helps you to not get overstimulated.

I believe it's because it slows down the absorption rate of caffeine.

So, uh, you actually absorb the caffeine a little bit slower, meaning

you are not getting the jitters.

And as, uh, you know, like.

Cracked out energy from the coffee like you normally would.

Um, and I definitely definitely noticed that being the case for myself personally.

Now then the last Uh, the last little upgrade or hack for your coffee is also

going to do something similar to, um, what the MCT oil and Does in terms of calming

the nerves or not making you get jittery.

And that is mixing I mean with your coffee.

So You can take it like a pill.

Uh, is going to.

Essentially calm the nerves and give you more of a focused.

Energy like a calm energy is what they usually call it.

Um, yeah.

Boost focus and allow you to not be as jittery.

Uh, they call it focused energy alert, relaxation without drowsiness, and

the ability to Sue, uh, for people to switch between tasks better.

So essentially what it is is it's keeping you from getting into that crackdown

zone of energy and keeping you more centered and focused and calm, but

while still riding that energy wave.

So you're able to direct your attention better with, uh, with the LT Anine

as opposed to maybe drinking the coffee and then bouncing around from.

Task to task and not really being able to be focused and being too jittery.

Uh, so it allows you to really channel that, enter the energy better into

whatever it is that you're working on.

So this can be a really great hack for people who maybe have a

lot to accomplish in the day and they just need to get to work.

Maybe you go ahead and add a little bit of healthy and into your coffee.

You can also add the Elfie Uh, with the MCT oil and butter, you can

pretty much To any form of the coffee.

Uh, if you're looking to get that really clear mental focus, energy.

Um, and I probably wouldn't do that every day.

Uh, I think I would do that on specific days.

Um, I don't know if L-theanine has any, uh, interaction with

your dopamine, but I have heard

Doing too many things that activate your dopamine at once

can be a not so good thing.

So for example, like, um, you know, ice baths with a lot of coffee and, uh, maybe

with like a nootropic drug as well, or not, sorry, not a drug, a nootropic.

Um, Uh, supplement as well.

This would not be a good idea.

You don't want to stack too many things that are going to spike your dopamine

because, uh, that means it's going to be harder for you to, to receive dopamine.

You know, hits or whatever in the future from the smaller things.

Right.

So it's going to lower your response.

So making sure we, we just kind of stick to one thing at a time.

So if it's a coffee, just do the coffee.

It's the ice bath.

Just do the ice bath.

Um, Yeah, just wanting to add that little piece in there.

So with L-theanine, uh, I think it's fine to take on a semi-regular basis

and do your own research as well.

I mean, if you find that, Hey, it works well with you and you

don't seem to find any issue with

Uh, and you found some evidence backing that then by all means, Um, I just wanted

to kinda mention that and give that little caveat, but it is pretty cool.

Uh, I have taken L-theanine with coffee before.

Uh, I've done it a few times and it does seem to really help, uh, bring your

focus and awareness to the task at hand and keep me from being all jittery and

cracked out and wanting to just go tackle on the world, but jumping task to task.

So.

Uh, those are gonna be the, the simple hacks for your coffee.

And, uh, yeah, go ahead and give those a try.

Like I said, you're going to want to definitely drink water.

Um, around coffee and even during, when you're drinking the coffee to make

sure you're staying hydrated and stop drinking the Uh, by one or 2:00 PM.

Definitely don't want to drink after that because that caffeine can sit

around in your system and make it hard for you to get proper sleep.

Uh, which we definitely don't want to have that issue.

So anyways, go ahead and try out these hacks for your coffee.

I hope you enjoy them.

And, um, you know, just experiment, like have fun with your coffee, you know?

Um, if you don't drink coffee, then you can even try a lot of

these out with a tea as well.

If you're a big tea drinker, you can also add the MCT oil and butter

or take L-theanine with them.

So, Uh, yeah, experiment, enjoy, try, try things out.

See what works for you.

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