The NY Times gets to the bottom of coffee's contradictions. They knock out all the myths of both health benefits and detriments of coffee's caffeiney goodness, but they still don't explain why coffee sometimes makes my intestines turn inside-out.
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Weight loss. Here’s a bummer. Although caffeine speeds up metabolism, with 100 milligrams burning an extra 75 to 100 calories a day, no long-term benefit to weight control has been demonstrated. In fact, in a study of more than 58,000 health professionals followed for 12 years, both men and women who increased their caffeine consumption gained more weight than those who didn’t.
Can I safely suggest that a cup of coffee is more than the 75 calories you're burning a day, hence no weight loss and possible weight gain if you drink a lot of it?
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Weight loss. Here’s a bummer. Although caffeine speeds up metabolism, with 100 milligrams burning an extra 75 to 100 calories a day, no long-term benefit to weight control has been demonstrated. In fact, in a study of more than 58,000 health professionals followed for 12 years, both men and women who increased their caffeine consumption gained more weight than those who didn’t.
Can I safely suggest that a cup of coffee is more than the 75 calories you're burning a day, hence no weight loss and possible weight gain if you drink a lot of it?
Well, only if you're drinking it with a lot of milk or cream. I think black coffee is pretty nominal - maybe 10 calories a cup.
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