Caffeine: A Good Fat Burner?

Some people are simply in love with their morning coffee. That’s right, I said in love. Caffeine is a great “pick me” up drug. In fact, it’s the most popular drug on Earth! Some people simply can’t function properly without their one or two cups of coffee to start their day. Could this miraculous beverage help in fat burning also? That’s what we’ll
cover here.

If we take a look at the most popular fat burners, almost all of them contain caffeine in one form or another. That right there is one big giant clue! The thing to remember is as with any supplement or drug, if you use it all the time the effect starts to dry up. For an opposite example, I took some caffeine this afternoon, and as I’m writing these lines late in the evening, I still feel wired up and ready to go. Why? Because I’m not a heavy coffee drinker. So for me, you bet the slightest caffeine intake boosts me for a long while.

As I’m hoping from task to task like a raging Tasmanian Devil and running about like the Roadrunner, you bet I’m burning more fat than if I were sitting on the couch watching TV! And as it stimulates the adrenal glands, caffeine indeed helps to burn more fat by boosting metabolism. But, if you’re taking 3-4-5-6 cups of coffee, caffeine loaded drinks like colas and so called “energy drinks”, chances are the caffeine is not doing much of its magic anymore.

If you recognized yourself in the opening lines as one needing coffee to start the day, well, coffee alone has probably lost its effectiveness as good fat burner. You can consider caffeine driven energy as “borrowed” energy. Much like borrowed money, you’ll have to pay it back sooner or later… with interests. So called “energy drinks” are the worst in my opinions as they are also loaded with sugar. So you can a temporary sugar and caffeine boost, followed by a crash, the followed by a boost as you take another one, and on and on… It’s a roller coaster of crash and burn energy. Not only it’s not healthy, these constant highs and lows can create an addictive partner much like hard drugs do.

True energy should be constant and will help you feel lively and vibrant, and in the long run you’ll lose way more fat this way and be healthy as well. And that’s important. Do you really want to have the best looking body in the hospital? Don’t think so.

The solutions? First of all, try to stay away from caffeine loaded drinks for a few weeks. If you’re too addicted, at least reduce your consumption at least by half.

Second, as we hinted above, many fat burners do contain caffeine. But they also contain a lot more ingredients to work in synergy. You get the “pick me up” of straight coffee, and the boosted metabolism and enhanced fat burning of all the other ingredients combined.

The good ones will also elevate your mood and control appetite, and that can be important when you decide to go on a diet. Make it easier on yourself when you want to lose weight by giving yourself the best tools to get where you want to go.