It’s the simplest thing you can do for your body—and it takes less than 60 seconds.

Let me tell you about the morning I started drinking water before coffee.

I’d always been a coffee-first person. Wake up, stumble to the kitchen, press “brew,” and wait for the caffeine to bring me back to life. Water was an afterthought—something I’d get to eventually, usually around lunchtime.

Then a friend challenged me to try something different. “Drink a glass of water before you do anything else,” she said. “Just one glass. See how you feel.”

I was skeptical. How could water possibly compete with coffee? But I tried it anyway. The first morning, it felt weird. The second morning, it felt a little more natural. By the end of the first week, I noticed something: I had more energy. My skin looked better. I wasn’t as hungry at breakfast. And I still