Coffee and Weight Loss: How Can the Beverage Help You Burn Fat and Healthy Ways to Make the Perfect Cuppa
Your resting metabolic rate is also enhanced by caffeine, which means it increases the number of calories you burn even at rest!
Coffee is one most loved hot and cold beverages of all time. Many people find it very difficult to start their days without coffee. However, did you know coffee is also very helpful in weight loss? Yes! Coffee is a tasty way to help lose weight. Rich in caffeine which is one of the most commny consumed psychoactive substance in the world, can also induce weight loss. The main ingredients in coffee that act as weight loss stimulants are Caffeine, the main stimulant; theobromine, found in smaller amounts in coffee; theophylline, has also been known to treat asthma, chlorogenic acid, helps slow down the absorption of carbs. Is It Healthy to Drink Coffee? Some Reasons to Chug Our Favourite Beverage.
Ways coffee can help you lose weight
1. Caffeine helps elevate levels of epinephrine (adrenaline) in blood, which helps promote the release of fatty acids from fat tissue.
2. Your resting metabolic rate is also enhanced by caffeine, which means it increases the number of calories you burn even at rest!
3. With having so many stimulants as mentioned above, it becomes easier for you to lose weight and also become more alert.
4. Caffeine indirectly help you exercise better by providing you energy and also help preserve glycogen stores that can give muscles more time before they wear out.
However, the desi style of making coffee that includes an ample amount of milk and sugar to beat the purpose of coffee is not advised.
Ways to make coffee healthier to help lose weight:
Keto diet, which is about cutting down on carbs to almost zero and eating more of healthy fats and proteins. The idea behind the keto diet is to eat more fats so that your body reaches a point wherein it burns fats as a fuel for your body functioning instead of carbs. In case you are on Keto, you might want to add Bulletproof coffee to your diet and here's how you can make it. (Only if your dietitian suggests so)
Here's how to make bulletproof coffee:
However, what you must keep in mind is that having coffee regularly might make your body used to the caffeine intake which may lower the potential effects of coffee. Therefore too much of coffee is not good either.
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