Why Your Morning Coffee May Boost Your Mood Before You Even Take a Sip

The aroma of cofee may help boost your mood, according to recent research. Busakorn Pongparnit · Moment/Getty The aroma of coffee may help improve mood and reduce feelings of stress, according to a small study of healthy young adults. Smelling coffee was linked to reductions in tension, fatigue, confusion, and other negative mood measures, although researchers found no significant changes in heart rate. The benefits may be linked more to expectations and conditioned responses than to direct physiological changes, and more research is needed to understand the effects. The rich, tempting aroma of coffee may be benefiting your mood more than you thought. According to a small study published in Nutrients on September 9, coffee aroma may help you manage stress and boost your mood. While the researchers noted that these benefits may be linked more to conditioned responses and expectations than to physiological changes, this research also suggests that smelling coffee may help improve alertness, even without that hit of caffeine. Rod Mitchell, registered psychologist with Emotions Therapy Calgary, who was not involved in the study, explained to Healthline that, “smell is wired more direc…

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