Does caffeine interfere with hunger?

amillward27

Lately, due to my busy schedule, I ingest a lot of caffeine. I start my day with coffee and throughout my day I drink water with Crystal light energy packets in it. My friend said that one packet of the CL is equal to 4 cups of coffee. Throughout the day, depending on my water intake, I may have 3 packets of crystal light. If I total that correctly, in one day I have the same amount of caffeine as 13 cups of coffee! (I'm not sure if she is right about the equivalence, I'm just going off what she said). Anyway, the point is that I am never ever hungry. I don't desire to eat and when I do I am full after a few bites. Is the caffeine interfering with my hunger and should I stop drinking so much CL with caffeine? I feel like I need it for my busy days (up at 5 am, in bed at 11pm). What do you think?

acakeforawife

I don't know anything about those Crystal Light packets (I don't think we have the energy ones here in Canada! lol), but it's my understanding that caffeine does act as a moderate appetite-suppressant. So yes, that might be what you're experiencing!

RayneFyre

Hi I know that I make a habit of drinking multiple cups of green tea throughout the day and it certainly is an appetite supressant for me! Coffee has much more caffeine than the tea does and both have a diuretic effect (will help the body to release fluid). I made Coffee my "treat" drink, since I cut back on sugar and love my coffee with a little bit of sugar ...not to mention those wonderfully sweet frilly drinks...Alas...tea it is The excess water you are dinking may be another cause of you feeling more full than normal. Some weight loss gurus preach to drink more water before and during mealsto fill your stomache so that you consume less.

Hope this helps