Laravel 5 : Does Auth::user() query the database everytime I use it?

On the edit profile page for a user, I want to show the existing values of the current logged-in user details like name, email, gender etc. My questions are as follows

1. Is it recommendable to user Auth::user()->name , Auth::user()->email directly to populate the form fields ? Or shall I create a variable like $user = Auth::user(); in my controller and pass it on to my view to $user like a regular object?

2. Does using Auth::user(), multiple times on a given view file hit my database each time I use it?

   Thanks in advance.

via Chebli Mohamed