Does Coffee Make You Gain Weight Or Lose Weight

Many people who frequent the many coffee chains scattered throughout the country find that they are increasingly asking themselves "does coffee make you gain weight". They ask the question because they often find they have a significant weight gain and blame it on the coffee.

Well, as someone once said, "It all depends on what you mean" when you talk about coffee. In actual fact, a regular mug of black coffee without sugar only has about 17-19 calories so quite plainly that's not the cause of any weight gain. Nevertheless, add a generous helping of cream to one of the mugs of special coffees and you can easily approach 450-500 calories - 600 calories. As well, order a flapjack or a muffin and you'll soon be pushing 950-1000 calories which is a recipe for how to put on weight in spades.

There you have it,what makes you fat is what is added to the coffee and then the size of the mug. A large mug of exotic coffee together with a sandwich with mayo and a normal flapjack will, in all probability,total some mind-blowing calories; really, it might skyrocket to as many as 1500- 1600 calories. Allowing for some variations the normal suggested calorie intake for adult females is close to 2000 whilst men have a little more leeway and are allowed roughly 2500; not much left after you've had a500 calories earlier; but it's not the coffee!

Most reputable coffee shops and certainly the big chains show the calorie content on most, if not all, of their products. Nevertheless, trawl the web and have a look at the calories shown in your favorite coffee shop snack. Pay particular attention to sandwiches, especially the ones with mayonnaise, and you will be surprised at just how many calories you tuck away every lunchtime. Without mentioning the coffee shop favorites of smoothies, flapjacks and the ubiquitous muffins.

If you are big on sandwiches at lunchtime it's probably best to avoid butter and mayonnaise which really rack up the calories. There are healthy options and most of coffee shop chains do a good job at providing these which means it is possible to have an adequate lunch of a coffee and sandwich without busting the calorie bank.

Virtually everybody knows that the traditional western cooked breakfast, eaten everyday,is a long way from a healthy start to the day. However, it may not be generally understood that some muffins come close to, if not exceeding, the calorie content of a reasonable cooked breakfast. Taken to extremes it is possible for some muffins to total 600-650 calories to your calorie account.

Yet another Trojan Horse, in calorie terms, is one of the favorite additions to a mug of coffee; the flapjack. There goes a calorie wolf decked out in sheep's clothing especially for calorie content. Incredibly a normal sized flapjack can have around 350 calories which will make a hole in your recommended calorie intake.

So now you know; it is certainly not the coffee that's adding on the pounds. In truth, you now are quite certain of the answer to "does coffee make you fat"?