Coffee helps you lose weight.

Question

Coffee has caffeine which can help increase your metabolism and help you lose weight.

Comments

Do you think people have started to create diets that involve large amounts of caffeine in an effort to lose weight?

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I agree that there is some truth to your statement. However, it is exaggerated and somewhat misleading because there is truth in the fact that drinking coffee can aide to a faster metabolism; but it does not directly affect weight loss

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While fact-checking this, I found the main source of all information within the article to be from the National Library of Medicine, which is a .gov website. Typically, government-operated websites like this are trustworthy, creating this claim's legitimacy, but what I didn't expect is that the website used by the National Library of Medicine is the world's largest medical library operated by the US federal gov.

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I can agree with this claim, but aren't their healthier/more beneficial ways of loosing weight? There is definitely a correlation between the two. The increase in metabolism was something new I didn't know about coffee.

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After reading and fact-checking this claim that Coffee increases your metabolism and helps you burn fat is primarily correct. This articles breaks down how caffeine and other supplements in coffee can increase your metabolic rate. The author also illustrates the science on how coffee breaks down fat and how caffeine works to do so. I believe this article is true because all of there claims are cited from a trusted government websites, pulled from the National Library of Medicine. The author makes a claim that coffee increases your metabolic rate and helps fat loss which they directly back up with a trusted source, so I believe that this claim is true.

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Agreed, Coffee boosts metabolism due to high caffeine content making you burn fat. It shows how caffeine breaks down and science behind it all. Also went in depth on how to balance caffeine, by incorporating exercise. This article was pulled from the Government National Library so it is trustworthy.

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After reading through the article I agree that coffee can help with weight loss, the article talked about how caffeine can increase your metabolism and about how coffee helps keep you awake so you can be more active. The article also cited a trusted government website which makes it easier to believe.

Answer 1

It depends how you drink your coffee. According to the Mayo Clinic, coffee does only have 5 calories and no fat, but when taking into account the milk and sugar most people add to their coffee, it throws off the benefits of the drink. By adding milk, you're adding calories and fat, same with sugar and sweetners, thereby making this statement exaggerated and misleading. By not taking into account the sugar and milk most people add to cover the taste of the coffee and using "Coffee helps you lose weight" as a blanket statement, it therefore makes the statement only partially correct. 

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/weight-loss/expert-answers/calories/faq-20058100

Comments

The article claims that drinking coffee can help with weight loss because it has caffeine which can enhance your metabolism, though its claim is exaggerated/misleading. It has solid sources, and thoroughly cites information that's either from verified websites or deep analysis studies. The author frequently cites the National Library of Medicine, a “.gov” website. The claim that coffee can help with weight loss is entirely true. The source scientifically explains how coffee interacts with your body, suppressing your appetite and increasing your metabolism. However, the initial claim may be misinterpreted as applicable to all coffee drinkers. Although it is true that coffee can improve weight loss related health attributes, it must be portioned specifically and on a schedule or it won’t do what the article says. Not only that, but these benefits aren’t available to long term coffee drinkers. Unless you pay specific attention to a couple sentences (that aren’t highlighted nearly well enough), viewers might miss critical information. It is consistent across other web sources that coffee might help weight loss but its effects are limited and dependent on other factors like diet and activity level. Generally speaking, the claim is true, but misleading to a degree.

Answer 2

I found this claim to be true. Multiple studies linked in the original article backed the claim it was making, as well as other sources I found in a google search. However, it doesn't seem to permanently increase metabolism, only for a short period of time. It was interesting to see that it has the same effects on individuals of very different weight, so no matter your body size your metabolic rate will be increased after drinking it.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2912010/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7369170/

Answer 3

I started drinking coffee about a year ago, and I have never heard this claim before. I have always known that black coffee is a low calorie drink, and other coffees with extra sweetener and creams make it more unhealthy and higher in calories. I never have thought that coffee could positively help weight loss, which is why I wanted to further research this claim. 

When researching this claim I found a trustable article by Medical News Today. They did a study tracking caffeine intake on weight loss. Data from three significant health studies was analyzed in this study, which included over 155,000 individuals but removed those with significant medical issues or missing data. Researchers watched individuals' coffee drinking patterns, including whether they drank normal or decaf and if they added sugar or cream. Then, taking into account variables like nutrition, activity, and health issues, they tracked weight changes every four years. Drinking a cup of coffee each day was linked to a slight weight loss of 0.12 kg over four years. On the other hand, adding a teaspoon of sugar daily led to a small weight gain of 0.09 kg. These effects were more noticeable in younger people and those with a higher BMI. It also was proven that using cream or sweetener did not significantly affect weight. This goes to show that coffee can help weight loss, but it is not a significant contribution to weight loss, as losing 0.12 kg is not a very large amount especially for four years. In another trusted source Mayo Clinic I found also talked about this claim. They say that it depends on the kind of coffee you are drinking. Plain black coffee has very few calories, but adding sugar or cream increases the calorie count. Mayo Clinic states, “​​One study showed that adding just 1 teaspoon of sugar to a cup of coffee a day was linked to weight gain.” (Mayo Clinic). This shows that having a cup of coffee with added sugar is going to lead to weight gain, not weight loss. 

This claim is somewhat true, but it is not specific enough to be completely accurate. While coffee may have a slight impact on weight loss, it is not a significant factor. However, this effect is minimal, especially over such a long period. On the other hand, adding sugar to coffee can contribute to weight gain, as studies indicate that just one teaspoon of sugar per day is associated with an increase in weight. While coffee alone is not a major weight-loss tool, drinking it without added sugars may have a small benefit.

Sources- 

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/could-unsweetened-coffee-help-with-weight-management#Does-coffee-help-with-weight-loss

https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/weight-loss/expert-answers/calories/faq-20058100

Answer 4

I agree that there is some truth to this claim, but it misses some specific information. Evidence suggests that drinking moderate amounts of coffee can help produce a thermogenic effect where the body generates heat and burns calories. There is also evidence that drinking moderate amounts of coffee help with your metabolism. But to lose weight you need to burn more calories than you consume, meaning that coffee can be a helpful piece in loosing weight, but not the answer. It is also important to mention that these studies that show correlations between coffee and weight loss are looking at unsweetened coffee.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/coffee-increase-metabolism#TOC_TITLE_HDR_6

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/study-finds-unsweetened-coffee-is-linked-to-weight-loss#Takeaway

https://ajcn.nutrition.org/article/S0002-9165(23)29086-3/fulltext

https://www.clinicalnutritionjournal.com/article/S0261-5614(23)00033-X/fulltext

Answer 5

The claim that coffee can help you loose weight is yes technically true, however in the long run isn't going to have a huge affect on you. I found a couple sources to back up this claim and the one I am going to talk about is on the healthline.com. They claim that, "In the short term, caffeine can boost the metabolic rate and increase fat burning, but after a while people become tolerant to the effects and it stops working." This shows that yes it can affect your weight however not a huge amount. If it can boost your metabolism to be able to process your food better which yes can help with weight loss. However, like it says your body can soon get used to these affects and so it can affect your weight loss a ton. 

So to answer the question, yes coffee can cause you to lose weight, however it doesn't take a huge toll on your body. 

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/coffee-increase-metabolism#TOC_TITLE_HDR_4

Answer 6

This is true. Many scientific sources prove that coffee helps boost your metabolism When metabolism is increased, your body becomes more efficient at turning food and fat into usable energy, which can contribute to weight loss. According to research from Henry Ford Health, coffee has been shown to increase resting metabolic rate (RMR) and encourage fat loss. A registered dietitian nutritionist Allegra Picano, also confirmed coffee’s positive impact on metabolism and fat-burning process.

Answer 7

While it is true that coffee containing caffeine can increase metabolism it does not seem to be a common or effective tool in weightloss. In the article he also states that you can build up a tolerance to caffeine which is true meaning that it will have less of an effect. There are not many reputable sources recommending coffee as a way to lose weight but there are other benefits to caffeine.

Answer 8

While this statement is true I think that is a generalized claim. The article is a reliable one and brought up good points, it seems that black coffee is the best when someone is expecting results for weight loss. I have found from Women's Health which looking into their credibility is another credible source, a dietitian named Christy Brissette talked about how a daily cup of coffee can be beneficial for giving us an extra boost of energy and help build muscle mass, though it is not entirely effective when coffee is mixed with creamers, sugars, and syrups. Though it can be more helpful when mixed with supplements like greeen tea extract, lemon, honey, cinnamon... Though it does not completely erase the need to be active, it simply gives us a push. According to Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health drinking four cups of coffee daily can in fact reduce body fat by 4%.  Though it is not entirely a great idea to replace eating real food with coffee. All my information was found on Women's Health: https://www.womenshealthmag.com/weight-loss/a62558721/coffee-loophole-diet/

Answer 9

This claim is true. Multiple studies show that the caffeine is the main driver in this as it causes your metabolism to speed up, thus possibly leading to weight loss. According to the National Library of Medicine there was a study taken that showed the effects of caffeine intake on weight loss.