Coffee burns fat? Be careful about hurting your stomach and intestines and remember these five principles

Modern people love to drink coffee. In addition to refreshing the mind and satisfying the appetite, a small number of people use black coffee to burn fat and eliminate edema. However, nutritionists say that drinking black coffee is not very effective in reducing weight, and excessive caffeine intake comes at a high health cost. Adjusting your diet and exercising are the best ways to lose weight.

Some people use caffeine's ability to speed up metabolism and eliminate edema to drink coffee every day to lose weight, but nutritionists warn that long-term drinking may have side effects such as palpitations and cardiovascular disease.

Zeng Huijun, a nutritionist at Miaoli Daqian General Hospital, said that caffeine can promote the increase of norepinephrine, accelerate metabolism and fat decomposition, and slightly increase the body's calorie consumption per minute, but the effect is not significant; coffee has a diuretic effect, which can help expel excess water from the body and eliminate edema, which can easily give people the illusion of weight loss.

People who use black coffee to lose weight may experience side effects such as palpitations, hand tremors, and calcium loss if they consume large amounts of caffeine for a long time. In severe cases, it may even lead to nutritional imbalance. Wu Qilong, an artist who has always attached great importance to weight management, once tried to lose weight by drinking black coffee in 2005, drinking up to 13 cups a day. This caused malnutrition, a rapid drop in hemoglobin and blood sugar, and he almost lost his life.

Nutritionist Zeng Huijun suggested that the correct way to lose weight should start with reducing the total daily calorie intake and regular exercise. Coffee is only an auxiliary role. It is recommended that the total daily caffeine intake should not exceed 300 mg, and black coffee without sugar and creamer should be consumed. In particular, people with poor gastrointestinal function must assess their physical condition before trying, so as to avoid not only failing to lose weight but also causing the opposite effect of damaging the stomach.

Drink coffee without getting fat, master 5 principles of health

1. Drink less three-in-one coffee: Three-in-one coffee contains more sugar and creamer, and is high in calories and trans fats, which can easily lead to obesity.

2. It is best not to add sugar: Those who do not like the bitter taste of black coffee can add a small amount of low-calorie sugar substitutes. However, patients with phenylketonuria should be more careful when using sugar substitutes and pay attention to the warnings on the use of sugar substitutes to avoid symptoms such as convulsions.

3. Do not use creamer: Some people are accustomed to adding creamer to coffee, but creamer itself is a kind of oil and contains many trans fatty acids, which may increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction and arteriosclerosis. It is recommended to use fresh milk or low-fat fresh milk instead, which can take into account both taste and nutrition.

4. Don’t drink coffee on an empty stomach: caffeine will stimulate the secretion of gastric acid and easily damage gastrointestinal function.

5. Moderate calcium supplementation: Caffeine can easily accelerate calcium loss. Moderate calcium supplementation can prevent osteoporosis.