Can brewing black coffee from green coffee beans help you lose weight? The truth is…

Chinese people love to drink coffee, but often have misconceptions about "coffee for weight loss". Experts point out that the caffeine in coffee is a central nervous system stimulant that can increase basal metabolism, suppress appetite, and reduce the accumulation of body fat. However, there is a rumor on the Internet that "green coffee beans help with weight loss". Let's hear what weight loss experts say.

Liu Bowen, executive director of the Taiwan Obesity Education and Prevention Association and an obesity specialist, pointed out that coffee has become one of the people's daily drinks. In addition to being a refreshing, diuretic, and antioxidant, studies have also found that it can promote metabolism and accelerate fat decomposition. On the other hand, drinking coffee also has the effect of temporarily suppressing appetite.

Can green coffee beans help you lose weight? Chlorogenic acid is decomposed after baking

A recent study in the United States found that drinking black coffee brewed with "green coffee beans" for 22 consecutive weeks can help people lose an average of 7.5 kilograms. This is because green coffee beans contain "chlorogenic acid" that inhibits glucose absorption and helps with weight loss, making the saying that "green coffee beans can help you lose weight" very popular.

In fact, after the green coffee beans are roasted, the "chlorogenic acid" will be completely decomposed. In addition, the coffee beans on the market are all roasted, so it is actually ineffective to lose weight by relying on green coffee beans.

If you drink black coffee for a long time to lose weight, be careful of caffeine poisoning.

Be careful if you add sugar to black coffee, you will get fatter if you drink more

Dr. Liu Bowen emphasized that in terms of the calories of coffee alone, the calories of pure black coffee are almost zero, but many people add a lot of sugar, milk, and creamer to black coffee in order to enhance the taste. Once these additives are added to black coffee, not only will the weight loss effect disappear, but you may even get fatter the more you drink it.

Therefore, drinking black coffee for a long time to lose weight is not encouraged. Because the caffeine in coffee has so-called resistance to the sympathetic nerves and will also destroy stomach acid, long-term drinking will have an "appetite-stimulating" effect. Once the appetite is stimulated, you will want to eat more, and even eat more, which is not conducive to weight loss.

It is advisable to drink one cup of coffee a day. Be careful of addiction if you drink too much.

If you really want to use black coffee to lose weight, it is recommended that you do not add sugar, cream, creamer powder, or even whole milk to black coffee; do not drink it for a long time, one cup a day is enough, otherwise excessive caffeine intake will be harmful to your health.

Reminder: Do not drink too much coffee. Once you become addicted to it, be careful to avoid the risk of palpitations, chest tightness, and caffeine poisoning if you consume more than 300 mg of caffeine a day.