Question about COFFEE

Lyra89
Lyra89 Posts: 674 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
So, I've only started drinking coffee quite recently, and really like it. I either take it black, or with a little soy/almond milk and stevia.

I could drink it all day, but limit myself to one in the mornings!

Question: Does it have any benefits? Does it aid weight loss?

All the thinnest girls I know are huge coffee drinkers and drink it all day long, with full fat milk and white sugar too!

What are the PROS and CONS of coffee and how much could I get away with drinking?
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  • doinitforme2012
    doinitforme2012 Posts: 98 Member
    honestly the only CONs i've found for coffee id the full fat creams and sugar added to it, and that it can dehydrate you. the PRO that it boosts yous metabolism.
  • kealambert
    kealambert Posts: 961 Member
    here's a good article on it

    http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/update0406c.shtml
  • Lyra89
    Lyra89 Posts: 674 Member
    here's a good article on it

    http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/update0406c.shtml

    Thank you so much for this! :smile:
  • adamb83
    adamb83 Posts: 719 Member
    I believe black coffee is an appetite suppressant... and it has other health benefits, too.

    Of course, too much caffeine can also be dangerous.
  • 42kgirl
    42kgirl Posts: 692 Member
    The pros are it keeps me from killing people early in the morning. The cons? I can't think of any.
  • LReneeWalker
    LReneeWalker Posts: 213 Member
    I have also heard it lowers blood sugar (black of course) so I drink a cup a day! I am also waiting for all the poo pooers on this site to comment....
  • kealambert
    kealambert Posts: 961 Member
    The pros are it keeps me from killing people early in the morning. The cons? I can't think of any.

    the con is, sometimes people need to be killed
  • anastasiawildflower
    anastasiawildflower Posts: 197 Member
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    The only big cons is that it can dehydrate your body and leach some calcium from your bones. So drink water in between cups and make sure you are getting enough calcium from other sources.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    How is coffee going to dehydrate you? How many pots a day are you drinking?
  • Jules141C
    Jules141C Posts: 5
    The pros are it keeps me from killing people early in the morning. The cons? I can't think of any.

    HA! I couldn't agree more!
  • natalie412
    natalie412 Posts: 1,039 Member
    The pros are it keeps me from killing people early in the morning. The cons? I can't think of any.

    the con is, sometimes people need to be killed

    HILARIOUS!
  • knittnponder
    knittnponder Posts: 1,953 Member
    It has great benefits for me and those around me. If I have coffee I'm less likely to kill people! :) Sometimes in the afternoon when I'm drooping I'll put cold coffee, protein powder (chocolate or vanilla) and a dash of half and half into the blender just long enough to blend it. Then I pour it over ice and have a high protein iced coffee.
  • keem88
    keem88 Posts: 1,689 Member
    acidic things like coffee tore up my bladder, not good for us with IC.
    it also is awful for your teeth.
    but not too much is bad, if you have a cup every day it prolly wouldn't do much harm.
    just don't drink tons of it, or your teeth and bladder may be unhappy
  • anastasiawildflower
    anastasiawildflower Posts: 197 Member
    How is coffee going to dehydrate you? How many pots a day are you drinking?

    It's a diuretic, which causes you to pee more, which can dehydrate you if you are not drinking enough water.
    Simple science.
  • 9jenn9
    9jenn9 Posts: 309 Member
    The pros are it keeps me from killing people early in the morning. The cons? I can't think of any.
    ^^^HA! This...Can't add anything more. It's perfect.
  • chocoholicdiva
    chocoholicdiva Posts: 345 Member
    It can do something as simple as give you the caffeine jitters to problems sleeping to, in excess, stomach ulcers and gal stones.
  • guamSUPERgirl90
    guamSUPERgirl90 Posts: 255
    coffee with cream and sugar is one thing, coffee in its purest drinkable form (black no sugar) is another. It's caffeine so like any other tea or caffinated drink out there, makes you pee more and lose water weight just a bit, not all.

    Same effects of drinking tons of water. But when you drink water you dont get dehydrated as fast with caffeine.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    How is coffee going to dehydrate you? How many pots a day are you drinking?

    It's a diuretic, which causes you to pee more, which can dehydrate you if you are not drinking enough water.
    Simple science.
    You need to consume about 700mg of caffeine for any kind of diuretic effect to be seen. The amount of water you would consume drinking that much caffeine (roughly 60 oz) would negate any diuretic effect. Also, regular consumption of caffeine makes a person immune to the diuretic effect.

    This myth has been debunked time after time, it really needs to just die already.


    As for coffee's benefits, let's see, reduced risk of Type 2 Diabetes (consumption of 6 cups a day,) reduced risk of stroke, heart arrhythmia, dementia, Alzheimer's, and hypertension.
  • BAtobe
    BAtobe Posts: 93 Member
    How is coffee going to dehydrate you? How many pots a day are you drinking?

    It's a diuretic, which causes you to pee more, which can dehydrate you if you are not drinking enough water.
    Simple science.
    You need to consume about 700mg of caffeine for any kind of diuretic effect to be seen. The amount of water you would consume drinking that much caffeine (roughly 60 oz) would negate any diuretic effect. Also, regular consumption of caffeine makes a person immune to the diuretic effect.

    This myth has been debunked time after time, it really needs to just die already.


    As for coffee's benefits, let's see, reduced risk of Type 2 Diabetes (consumption of 6 cups a day,) reduced risk of stroke, heart arrhythmia, dementia, Alzheimer's, and hypertension.

    Nice, I knew I loved coffee for a reason. :heart:
    I can't drink it all day though, Im sensitive to the jitters. 1 cup and everybody lives, haha.
  • LoveMy3Boys
    LoveMy3Boys Posts: 562 Member
    I love coffee. I will not give it up but I will not replace the 8-16 ounces I have for water. I still drink at least my 8 glasses a day.

    Nothing wrong with coffee in moderation :)
  • emmiee921
    emmiee921 Posts: 224
    i love coffee i work in a coffee shop so i drink a lot of it, throughout work (2 times a week)
    at home not much but a couple times a week ill buy one not a capp but just long white with skinny milk so
    only a bit of milk,
  • HonkyTonks
    HonkyTonks Posts: 1,193 Member
    How is coffee going to dehydrate you? How many pots a day are you drinking?

    It's a diuretic, which causes you to pee more, which can dehydrate you if you are not drinking enough water.
    Simple science.
    You need to consume about 700mg of caffeine for any kind of diuretic effect to be seen. The amount of water you would consume drinking that much caffeine (roughly 60 oz) would negate any diuretic effect. Also, regular consumption of caffeine makes a person immune to the diuretic effect.

    This myth has been debunked time after time, it really needs to just die already.


    As for coffee's benefits, let's see, reduced risk of Type 2 Diabetes (consumption of 6 cups a day,) reduced risk of stroke, heart arrhythmia, dementia, Alzheimer's, and hypertension.

    I didn't really know that it was that good for you. I drink a fair bit of caffeine but I try to limit my intake because I think it might increase my anxiety.
    I drink it black on my fasting days.
    I drink it with skim milk on my non fasting days, and sometimes I will have a mocha or something as a treat. Be careful with some coffees if they add cream/full fat milk/sweeteners/syrups they can make a coffee 500cals+

    If I drink instant, I usually add half a sugar to help with the taste..
  • Lyra89
    Lyra89 Posts: 674 Member
    Thanks for all the insight guys! :smile: I genuinely didn't know any of this, all I've ever been told is that coffee is dehydrating, makes it harder to fall asleep (if coffee is drank later in the day) and that it is very acidic to the body. Didn't know of any health benefits :smile:

    Another question: is there any link between coffee consumption and acne? I've been monitoring how my skin responds to certain foods and it seems that any time I have coffee I break out, if I cut it out for even just two days the break out clears up, then reintroduce it and acne comes back...etc etc.
  • HonkyTonks
    HonkyTonks Posts: 1,193 Member
    Thanks for all the insight guys! :smile: I genuinely didn't know any of this, all I've ever been told is that coffee is dehydrating, makes it harder to fall asleep (if coffee is drank later in the day) and that it is very acidic to the body. Didn't know of any health benefits :smile:

    Another question: is there any link between coffee consumption and acne? I've been monitoring how my skin responds to certain foods and it seems that any time I have coffee I break out, if I cut it out for even just two days the break out clears up, then reintroduce it and acne comes back...etc etc.

    Do you drink it with milk? I know if people who break out when they drink milk.
  • majd75
    majd75 Posts: 3 Member
    Hi
    Thats right , caffeine in black coffey is the No. 1 fat burner.
    for that drinking alot of coffey helping in reducing fat ..
    but be carfull about blood pressure.
    Regards

    majd:smile:
  • Lisamar74
    Lisamar74 Posts: 114
    I'm a tea girl but I think I'll start drinking coffee after reading all of this!
  • Eve1972
    Eve1972 Posts: 297 Member
    The pros are it keeps me from killing people early in the morning. The cons? I can't think of any.

    HaHa, so very true!!
  • BarbaraGolder
    BarbaraGolder Posts: 4
    The caffeine in coffee (and cola and tea) helps to retain water, so limiting intake is advisable. If the slim coffee drinkers are using this to suppress apetite (by filling their stomach with liquid), the same effect should be achieved by drinking water.:drinker:
  • Lyra89
    Lyra89 Posts: 674 Member
    Thanks for all the insight guys! :smile: I genuinely didn't know any of this, all I've ever been told is that coffee is dehydrating, makes it harder to fall asleep (if coffee is drank later in the day) and that it is very acidic to the body. Didn't know of any health benefits :smile:

    Another question: is there any link between coffee consumption and acne? I've been monitoring how my skin responds to certain foods and it seems that any time I have coffee I break out, if I cut it out for even just two days the break out clears up, then reintroduce it and acne comes back...etc etc.

    Do you drink it with milk? I know if people who break out when they drink milk.

    Nope, just soy/almond milk or I have it black X
  • jammasterduggs
    jammasterduggs Posts: 54
    the jitters wear off and you eventually feel more alert , this is true if you have had a good sleep the night before and plenty of water ...coffee before work, coffee mid afternoon slump and coffee before a workout yummmmmy
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