You haven’t had the best night’s sleep and are feeling really tired, so you reach for… an apple? While most of us turn to a nice hot cup of coffee when we need help waking up, an apple is often touted as being more energizing than our favorite caffeinated drink. But is that really true? Can an apple really wake you up faster than a cup of coffee?
“Probably not, no,” says Rob Hobson, a UK-based nutritionist and author. “What you get from coffee is that it stimulates the central nervous system and that's what you need to fight fatigue and increase your energy levels.”
