Australia has one of the strongest coffee cultures in the world. But what if you were told that as well as tasting delicious it can also help you with weight loss? Australian dietitian and author, Melanie McGrice, has explained how coffee can help to burn fat and increase your metabolism. Contrary to what most people think, drinking coffee isn't bad for you as long as you aren't adding a whole lot of sugar to it,' Melanie told FEMAIL. Melanie explained that it's the caffeine in coffee that increases your metabolism. It can be a good strategy for many people to drink a couple of coffees a day and give your metabolism a little boost - it is only little, but better than nothing,' she said. Coffee increases your metabolism but it's not going to make you drop a kilogram a week,' she said. We're talking about a tiny increase in your metabolism here, but there's a whole lot of little things that can add up. Caffeine has made its way to most commercial fat-burning supplements because it helps to mobilise fats from the fat tissues and increase metabolism. Interestingly if you look at over the counter weight loss medications, the key ingredient is caffeine or some form of caffeine,' Melanie said..
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It's much cheaper and effective to have a cup of coffee or green tea for weight management than it is to take some of those over the counter weight loss medications. Not only are you getting the benefit of the caffeine, but there is also a lot of health benefits as well.
Researchers from Perkins and researchers from the University of Western Australia's School of Medicine and Pharmacology in Australia conducted a study where they hoped to prove that coffee improved people's cardiovascular function. Studies have shown that coffee consumption lowers the risk of developing type 2 diabetes,' said the University of WA's Professor Kevin Croft..
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