When we think of a coffee, typically we think of the caffiene hit that makes us feel more alert, energized and ready to take on the rest of the day.

So how could your coffee be leaving you more tired?

This post actually has nothing to do with caffiene, but at the rather interesting fact that the calcium found in the milk your daily coffee provides, competes for absorption with iron, which is a nutrient which plays a big part in keeping your head switched on and preventing feelings of tiredness and lethargy.

Now I am not suggesting that you should be avoiding calcium sources in order to boost your energy at all, however if you are someone who is already deficient in iron (or believe you may be and are about to go and have a blood test that proves this theory correct), you would be advised to hold off consuming that large cafe style milk or soy based coffee close to the time that you are consuming an iron rich meal, be it either a teriyaki beef stir fry for lunch that may have typically been followed by a cafe latte, or an iron enriched breakfast cereal that you would typically consume with milk and a side cappuccino.

So for everyone who wants to get the most nutrients out of the foods that they eat, make sure you consume iron and calcium rich foods apart from each other.

..and on a side note back to the caffiene in the coffee- if you are having too much caffiene mid afternoon or in the evening, that ends up keeping you up at night when you want to be sleeping and resting up for the next day, make sure you cut back on this too- that is just straight forward.