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Cut the Crash Cycle: Caffeine, Blood Sugar, and Energy Swings
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Beat energy crashes with smart caffeine, blood sugar and energy strategies to cut the crash cycle for good. Discover how caffeine timing, cortisol and caffeine, and low glycemic meals for energy can stop the wired then tired feeling. Walk away with a simple plan to beat the afternoon slump, avoid energy swings, and keep your focus steady all day.
What You'll Learn:
- How caffeine crash cycles actually work in your body, including the link between cortisol, blood sugar and energy swings.
- Why pairing coffee and blood sugar-spiking refined carbs creates that wired then tired feeling—and what to have instead.
- Practical guidelines for caffeine timing (morning and afternoon) so you get the focus without the exhausting crash.
- How to build low glycemic meals for energy that keep your blood sugar steady for hours, not minutes.
- Simple protein snacks for steady energy you can use to beat the afternoon slump without more coffee.
- How to spot your personal crash triggers and adjust one habit at a time instead of trying to change everything at once.
- A quick reflection routine to capture what you learned, choose one area of your life to apply it, and take one small action this week.
- How to avoid energy swings on busy days using small, realistic tweaks to caffeine, meals, and movement.
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