Caffeine may reduce body fat and risk of type 2 diabetes

SeniorBen

SeniorBen

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Having high levels of caffeine in your blood may lower the amount of body fat you carry and reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, research suggests.

The findings could lead to calorie-free caffeinated drinks being used to reduce obesity and type 2 diabetes, though further research is required, the researchers wrote in the BMJ Medicine journal.
https://www.theguardian.com/science...at-and-risk-of-type-2-diabetes-study-suggests

Finally something enjoyable that's actually good for you! :)
 

There are so many ideas about diet that I can't keep up with all of them, but I do remember reading about one many years ago pre internet. It was called the coffee diet. I never tried it. I'm a calorie counter. I also remember from the internet, some doctor that specialized in diets who said the first thing he did with a patient was get them off diet drinks, because they actually caused weight gain. I remember a high fat diet, which I actually tried. It was a disaster. Duh?! The field of dieting is fraught with contradictions, and requires a lot of grains of salt to finally arrive at the fact that you must consume less calories than you burn. Type 2 diabetes, I can't say. There may be an inverse relationship to Caffeine. I don't know.
 
Caffeine-laden “energy” drinks however can be an abomination, and their excessive consumption has sent young people to the ER, people who paradoxically should have plenty of energy to begin with! So all things in moderation, including moderation… ☕️
 
Time to dig out the old "Jolt" cola. :ROFLMAO:

Introduced in the wake of Coca-Cola’s ill-fated introduction of New Coke, Jolt received widespread coverage from newspapers and television stations when it appeared in Rochester in April, 1986, with only three employees and a paltry $100,000 advertising budget.
Cans of Jolt Cola were 16 ounces. Each can contains 160 mg of caffeine.

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SeniorBen said:
Having high levels of caffeine in your blood may lower the amount of body fat you carry and reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, research suggests.

The findings could lead to calorie-free caffeinated drinks being used to reduce obesity and type 2 diabetes, though further research is required, the researchers wrote in the BMJ Medicine journal.
https://www.theguardian.com/science...at-and-risk-of-type-2-diabetes-study-suggests

Finally something enjoyable that's actually good for you! :)
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:) .. and may contribute to osteoporosis and adrenal exhaustion. Moderation beats excess every time, except for chocolate.
 
I was trying to find out who funded the study, but it wasn't in the article.
Such studies are often funded by companies that make the product or drug.
Caffeine is a stimulant, but it won't make anyone lose weight. Wouldn't it be great if it did?
"Damn! I always have coffee with my cookies, cake & pastries but I haven't lost an ounce!"
BTW, the information doesn't apply to me. I've been a daily coffee drinker most of my 70 years.
I lost weight by changing my diet & lifestyle. And I also have diabetes, which didn't go away after I lost weight.
 
There are too many moving parts that adding or subtracting foods and drinks will make much difference. There have been caffeine pills on the market for years.

Overweight people are coffee drinkers, too.

The advice of eating "close to the ground" whole foods and non or barely processed foods is the old way of eating, and is good for us. Sugars cause inflammation and addiction or craving for more sugars.
 
Thanks @SeniorBen this is interesting, and thanks @NorthernLight for the underlying study. In my non-expert review it's a good study and does seem to show a correlation between fat, diabetes and caffeine consumption.

What is harder to know is cause and effect. Its possible people who are thinner like coffee more than heavier people. And that by increasing caffeine intake one might not expect to lose weight.

On the other hand it seems to me evidence that from a weight and diabetes point of view coffee and caffeine don't hurt us. And might help. So I'm not going to up my coffee drinking, but not increase it either, and won't feel bad about it.
Geezer Garage said:
It's good for you, no It's bad for you, no wait it's good for you again. Seriously, I've quit listening. A little common sense, and moderation in all things.
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Good sense in that. It's hard to take a single study like this stand alone and conclude much big picture (not that our media doesn't do it). But that is the nature of scientific research, lots of smaller studies have to be taken together, by someone smarter than I, before a real understanding can be reached.
 
I got real skinny for a while when I wasn't working out. When I started working out again, without any changes to my diet, I gained 20 lbs.

The fact that muscle is heavier than fat is probably the reason.

It goes to show that losing weight isn't necessarily a good thing or gaining weight isn't necessarily a bad thing. There are other factors to consider.
 
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