The best drinks to start your day – to boost energy levels and the mistakes to avoid

YOUR greeting alarm goes off, you resistance yourself retired of bed, marque your mode downstairs and then… what?

For astir each of us, the archetypal happening we bash is marque ourselves a drink.

And determination is 1 portion that’s much favourable archetypal happening successful the greeting than immoderate other.

A caller survey recovered 12 per cent of adults person a cupful of beverage arsenic soon arsenic they aftermath up - with the UK getting done 53 cardinal cups of tea by 9am.

So obsessed with a brew we are that 10 per cent of america commencement our time with not one, but 3 cups of tea.

But portion galore of america are intent connected choosing this arsenic our archetypal portion of the day, astir of america person ne'er stopped to deliberation astir the interaction that cupful (or cups) of tea is doing to our health - and waistline.

We spoke to wellness experts successful a scope of antithetic sectors to find retired what they take arsenic their archetypal portion of the time and - spoiler alert - it’s not ever a cuppa tea.

The nutritionist

Rhiannon Lambert, Harley Street Nutritionist and writer of Sunday Times Best Selling publication The Science of Nutrition says: “Green beverage is my go-to archetypal happening successful the greeting due to the fact that it's packed with antioxidants similar catechins.

"These assistance trim inflammation and marque maine consciousness similar I'm starting my time connected the close foot. 

“It’s hydrating, which is important successful the greeting aft a agelong interruption from fluids.

“I besides emotion that it's affluent successful polyphenols-plant compounds known to assistance support the assemblage against disease.

“Another crushed I scope for greenish beverage is its perchance calming yet energising effect. 

“It contains L-theanine, an amino acerb that whitethorn beforehand relaxation by boosting mood-enhancing encephalon chemicals similar GABA, serotonin, and dopamine.

It's the cleanable mode to easiness into the day.

“And portion it does person caffeine, the magnitude is overmuch little than coffee, which suits those who are delicate to caffeine, particularly archetypal happening successful the morning.” 

The idiosyncratic trainer

Cecilia Harris, Celebrity Personal Trainer and laminitis of fittingness app RWL says: “This mightiness astonishment a batch of people, but my archetypal portion of the time is ever a water.

“It is truthful important to hydrate aft sleep, and if you are similar maine and astir of my clients, you workout successful the morning.

“It’s large to commencement the time with a fasted workout arsenic your assemblage uses up abdominous reserves for vigor which are incredibly effective.

“Unfortunately a beverage with beverage means you are not moving retired faster arsenic beverage has calories.

”If you workout without being hydrated archetypal it tin beryllium hard to drawback up with that passim the day, adjacent if you portion during your workout, due to the fact that you are sweating it retired and losing captious electrolytes.

“I do, however, besides person a java astir 20 minutes later.

"I ever person achromatic but I ne'er portion it achromatic connected an bare stomach.

"Always h2o first.”

It has zero calories but gives a caffeine boost to assistance powerfulness you done a greeting workout.

The fare coach

Sarah Bockhart, Diet Coach and fare behaviour adept says: “I person a saccharine herbal beverage archetypal happening successful the morning.

“Usually thing similar strawberry and vanilla.

“It’s a large mode to hydrate aft slumber which is truthful important for the assemblage and the metabolism.

“Unlike a cupful of regular tea, herbal beverage doesn’t person immoderate calories, which is large arsenic it gives your gut much of a interruption and means that archetypal “meal” of the time isn’t a tea!

“Another crushed I person a saccharine beverage is, similar a batch of my clients, I person a saccharine tooth. 

“Instead of having a sweetener cereal oregon pastry successful the morning, I person a savoury, protein-rich meal similar eggs to prolong maine passim the day.

“But, having a saccharine herbal beverage satisfies that craving without really causing immoderate humor sweetener spike.

“If you are utilized to having a sugary brew this is simply a large swap if you are trying to suffer value too, arsenic you inactive get the comfortableness of the greeting portion without the calories oregon humor sweetener spike.”

The gut wellness specialist

Lisa Macfarlane, of fractional of The Gut Stuff duo and hosts of gut wellness podcast “Chattin’ s***” says: “I commencement the time with a coffee, but not until astir 11am.

I permission a ample spread betwixt eating/consuming calories due to the fact that it has immense benefits for the bacteria successful our gut.

“When I bash interruption my accelerated I person a java due to the fact that it’s precocious successful polyphenols which our gut bugs love!

“The happier our gut bugs, the healthier our bodies and the amended our digestion truthful it’s ace important to provender them the things they love.

“Coffee adjacent has a spot of fibre successful it, which is besides fantastic for your gut.

"Most of the colonisation bash not get adjacent to the Government-recommended 30g a day.

"I effort and bounds myself to 1 cupful a time and ever brace it with h2o to enactment hydrated.

“I personally utilized Nespresso pods, nary sweetener and I portion with full cows beverage arsenic it is the slightest processed beverage and contains the astir nutrition.

“You’ll beryllium amazed what’s successful your semi-skimmed milk….”

The GP

Dr Sarah Garsed, GP and moving mum says: “Honestly I commencement my time with a brew.

“Tea is comforting, it has a tiny magnitude of caffeine but nary wherever adjacent arsenic overmuch arsenic java and I person it with cows milk.

“I bash not adhd sweetener though.

"Starting the time with a humor sweetener spike is ne'er a bully thing, whether it comes from your tea, your sugar-coated cereal oregon what you take to person connected your toast.

“I counsel patients to bounds their refund sweetener intake and I bash the aforesaid myself.

“But without the sugar, to maine it’s the eventual mode to commencement my engaged greeting and drinking beverage successful it’s full form, alternatively than semi skimmed oregon skimmed, gives maine fats, macromolecule and limits my intake of processed sugars and chemicals.”