Does drinking coffee make you fat

TomA320 wrote: I thought drinking coffee keeps you awake.

Caffeine does keep you awake, but its a burst of energy for a few hours, after the effect wears off you feel more tired than before. You still need sleep at the end of the day.

TomA320 wrote: I never knew that drinking loads of coffee could give you a geart attack, I though salt was worse for that.

Caffeine speeds up the heart rate, too much caffeine will lead to a heart attack.

Matt.

pmtos wrote: Being fat doesn't matter. What matters is how you feel about yourself!!!!!!!!!

Nonsense!

8 Cups !  What ?  come on man turn down the volume on the amount your drinking.
Im no doctor but yes, the caffiene will speed your heart rate up = Increased blood pressure and heart attack chance.

4 sugars, i think somebody said here it ISNT alot and there is more sugar in bananas.

Urch yes but that is refined sugar your putting in your coffee.  Bananas contain natural sugars like starch which we need   ( im no biologist or doctor but im pretty sure im on the right lines )

A better alternative is something like tea (if you want a nice hot drink) its still actually not that good for you tea but better than coffee.
The myth that tea contains more caffeiene than coffee isnt true, in its plant form this is true but not when its all processed to drinking stage.

its still actually not that good for you tea but better than coffee.

I love a nice cup of rosy-lea!   I always have one teaspoon of sugar in mine.  Don't like it without.  How do you guys make your tea?  Do you put the milk in first then add the tea, or the tea first then add the milk?  I put 1 teabag in the mug, pour in the hot water and leave for about 1 min, then prod and mash the teabag with a spoon before removing it and adding the milk and sugar, finally stirring it thoroughly.  Could plaster the walls with my tea!!

Matt N wrote: To completely cut salt is bad. When you sweat, you loose salt, you need to replace that salt somehow. Matt.

The food we buy in the supermarket contains lots of salt, I saw a curry that had 4g of salt in it, and were only ment to eat 6g a day.  That's quite a large proportion of your daily intake.

Is salt not one of the worst things you can eat?

Salt can indeed be quite detrimental to your health. However, stick to offical guidelines and you'll be fine. No more than 6g.

Odai wrote: Urch yes but that is refined sugar your putting in your coffee.  Bananas contain natural sugars like starch which we need   ( im no biologist or doctor but im pretty sure im on the right lines )   No, you're completely wrong. Starch is a polysaccharide carbohydrate. Guess what it gets broken down to in the digestion process? Sugar. The same stuff you get out of "refining" raw sugar (sugar, but with loads of other bits and pieces). Absolutely nothing wrong with "table sugar" whatsoever. Again, people exaggerate the importance of 'natural' due to a lack of scientific understanding. This is what food companies love though, more reason for you to pry open your wallets.   So, what I said is still correct. The amount of glucose you get from the small amount of table sugar you put in your tea/coffee is a lot less than the amount you'd get from a banana.

Haha EPIC FAIL ODAI

"The completely refined white sugar product is now over 99.9% sucrose and for all practical purposes contains no nutritional elements such as vitamins, minerals, proteins or fibers. This accounts for expressions such as "empty calories" and "junk food"."

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unessecary sarcasm  ,  and we're such good friends