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Maximize Your Daily Work Performance with Coffee

Maximize your Daily Work Performance with Coffee

Incorporating coffee into your daily work routine may be the best way to maximize your cognitive function at work. With demanding workloads, conference calls and a non-stop office schedule, it is easy to see how our cognitive function starts to decline over our workday. In recent years, coffee has been given a bad reputation for raising blood pressure and poor sleeping habits, but that is usually only if you have a high caffeine intake. Regrettably, many people shy away from coffee because of these studies. The important part many overlook when it comes to the benefits of coffee is as with everything else, moderation is vital. In fact, recent reports indicate that one of the many benefits of coffee is helping improve memory and cognition function. Here are just a few ways that drinking coffee in moderation can optimize your work performance, and keep you focused at the office.

Improves circulation: One vital benefit of coffee is improved circulation. Coffee drinkers that consume between 5 to 12 ounces of regular coffee each day show an overall increase in blood circulation by 30%.  Increased circulation not only helps the vascular system, but it helps oxygenate your blood. The better your circulation and more oxygenated your blood is, the more focused you become mentally. By increasing your cognition, you are able to concentrate for a longer period of time. We all know that the benefit of being able to focus longer at work on individual tasks make all the difference in our overall work performance.

Improved memory: Research indicates that caffeine enhances memory up to 24 hours after it is consumed. Coffee is a delicious way to enjoy getting the caffeine intake required to increase your memory, and we could all use a little more memory function, especially on a Monday morning. When you are running in between meetings and jumping from project to project, it is easy to momentarily forget what you have to do next. Coffee is a convenient way to deliver caffeine to your system when it needs the extra boast the most.

In fact, K-Cups offer a variety of coffee flavors, that you can simply choose and brew a cup of coffee in a matter of thirty seconds. Imagine having an increase in cognitive function and delicious coffee in a matter of seconds.

These are just some of the benefits of jump starting your day with coffee. As with many things that we implement to our daily diet, adding caffeine should be done with moderation. US Coffee offers a variety of gourmet coffees, and they even have K-Cups for your Keurig brewing system that are ideal for your office break room. Add some coffee to your morning schedule for an optimal workday.