the great coffee debate - to drink or not to drink?

the first thing that i will cover here is why too much caffeine will make you fat.  in fact its not really the caffeine itself that is bad for you - it's the way that most of us drink it that's the problem.  often a coffee comes with cream, milk, sugar and syrups, which can make your cup of coffee equal to a whole meal's calories.  

also excess caffeine, meaning two or more cups of tea or coffee per day, can stimulate your nervous system, causing your adrenals to pump out cortisol.  cortisol is the hormone that helps the body respond to stress.  cortisol is a great hormone for holding onto excess body weight, so if you are drinking caffeinated drinks all day, switching between v's to red bull's to coffee to coke, you'll have all that extra cortisol floating around your system for hours, so essentially your flooding your body with fat-storing hormones.

there is good news to come out of this story.  there are some benefits to drinking coffee, if you drink it the way it was intended and that is organic coffee with minimal milk and no sugar.  (i only ever used to drink my coffee with soy milk, or rice milk).  drinking caffeine correctly can help the body burn fat and boosts your performance when you're exercising, if you have it at least 30 mins before a work out and preferably not before an evening workout.

organic coffee is also packed with antioxidants, and it's also is a great diuretic, which help get your bowels going in the morning, keeping your body nice and clean and toxin-free.  so opt for your organic coffee in the morning, and try adding a little cinnamon for a little extra kick.

green tea also contains caffeine, but i love green tea as it contains less caffeine than coffee, so you can have more of it.  i like to make a water bottle of cooled green tea every morning at work.  its great to sip on all day at my desk.  i do this by putting 1 green tea bag into my aluminum water bottle, i then add about a cup of boiling hot water and let this sit for a couple of minutes, then top the rest of the bottle up with cold water.  once you've filled up the water bottle with cold water, the tea bag will float to the top and you can take it out and dispose of it.  there you have it cooled green tea.

NK x