Creating the Right Environment for Energy
To feel truly energised, your body needs all the right ingredients, not just raw materials. Simply consuming calories isn’t enough. If it were, obese individuals would be the most energetic. The key is a balanced environment that supports efficient energy production.
Think of it like charging your phone: holding it up in the wind won't charge it just because wind can generate electricity. Similarly, eating a donut doesn’t directly give you energy; it just provides the raw materials. Your body must convert these into usable energy, much like how wind energy must be converted to electricity to charge your phone.
If your internal environment isn’t optimised, no amount of food or caffeine will give you the energy boost you’re looking for.
A Morning Routine for Sustained Energy
Here’s a simple morning routine to help you maintain energy levels throughout the day:
Delay your first coffee or tea by 90-120 minutes after waking.
Start your day by drinking 1L of Naru Revive over the first 90-120 minutes.
Engage in moderate exercise—whether it’s a short walk, a 10-minute workout, or lifting some weights.
Understanding Energy, Exercise, Caffeine, & Electrolytes
Adenosine is a key player in energy metabolism and sleep regulation. It builds up in your brain while you’re awake, making you feel sleepy, and diminishes during sleep.
Morning exercise helps “clear out” adenosine, boosting wakefulness by raising your core body temperature and reducing sleepiness.
Delaying caffeine allows your body’s natural morning cortisol surge to occur first. Caffeine works by blocking adenosine receptors, triggering the release of cortisol and adrenaline. This leads to the release of glucose, which your body converts into ATP—the molecule that actually powers your cells.
Remember, ATP is the energy currency of the body—without it, we’d be dead in seconds! While caffeine helps trigger glucose release, it isn’t an energy source itself; ATP is what truly powers your cells. Think of caffeine as the trigger, not the energy.
Which Electrolytes Directly Impact Energy?
Calcium, magnesium, and potassium play critical roles in ATP production, each affecting your energy levels in unique ways:
Calcium: Essential for energy production; low calcium levels can hinder ATP production.
Magnesium: Activates enzymes crucial for ATP production and aids in bringing glucose into cells. A magnesium deficiency can significantly reduce ATP production. Magnesium Malate, used in our Naru Revive, is particularly effective, as malic acid (from Malate) boosts ATP levels and has been shown to stay elevated for hours.
Potassium: Functions as an internal messenger, regulating energy utilisation. During ATP production, potassium channels trigger insulin secretion, which helps regulate glucose levels and how your body uses energy.
Both Josh and I incorporate this routine into our mornings, and we encourage you to try it for at least three weeks before you judge the effectiveness of it. Let us know if you notice a difference!
Your morning routine needs to be something you can do everyday or a variation of it. This what mine looks like now.
My daily routine now looks like this:
Wake up to intermittent fasting
Hydrate with one sachet of Naru Revive in 1L of water
Delay coffee intake for 90 - 120 mins
Energising workout - 10mins
Soak up the morning sunshine - 10 mins
Ground myself with a barefoot workout - 2 minutes
Take a cold plunge on non-resistance training days - 1-3 minutes
Stay on top of meal prep - 15 minutes
Cherish family time
Dive into work
Total cost for morning routing = £1.14.
Total time = 40 minutes
Thanks for reading!
Best,
Dave & Josh
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