careful! Drinking more than 5 cups of coffee a day may cause weight gain

When it comes to globally popular beverages, there is coffee in the West and tea in the East. Coffee is not only a must-drink for many people every day, many studies have pointed out that coffee has health benefits such as diuresis, stroke prevention, and refreshing. However, drinking too much every day will cause many side effects. A recent research report published in Australia pointed out that drinking more than 5 cups of coffee a day is not conducive to weight loss, and there is a risk of gaining weight.

Excessive intake of CGA is not conducive to fat burning

According to a report published by the Western Australian Institute of Medical Research in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, cited by the British Daily Telegraph, experiments on mice found that the equivalent dose of a special substance in coffee, chlorogenic acid (CGA), determines whether coffee is beneficial or harmful to the body. That is to say, although a moderate amount of coffee, 3 to 4 cups a day, can help burn fat, promote diuresis, and prevent cardiovascular disease, if you drink too much, more than 5 cups, it will hinder fat consumption and cause fat to accumulate in your abdomen.

In addition, drinking low-caffeine or decaffeinated coffee will not affect the results. The key depends on the content of chlorogenic acid CGA. Past studies have shown that CGA in coffee can increase the body's insulin sensitivity, lower blood pressure, and reduce fat accumulation in the body, which is the main reason why coffee has health benefits.

Professor Vance Matthews, one of the authors of the study, pointed out that the study confirmed that high and low doses of CGA have completely different effects on human health. Therefore, it is recommended that people who love drinking coffee should not drink more than 5 cups a day, so as to avoid not improving their health but causing negative effects.