Coffee Could Be Key To Your Diet
Coffee is everywhere and it’s one of the most consumed beverages around the world. Coffee comes in a variety of flavors and even forms; take Japan’s creative coffee noodles for example. With the recent attention, coffee has been receiving lately, it is natural for many to ask whether there is any health benefit to consuming the beverage.
The most recent headlines suggest that drinking coffee could activate the body’s fat-fighting defenses, with new research saying that it could have potential implications in the battle against obesity and diabetes.
Researchers at the University of Nottingham published a study Monday claiming that coffee can help stimulate brown fat reserves, also known as brown adipose tissue, which plays a key role in how quickly one can burn calories.
Our bodies contain two forms of fat cells: brown and white cells. The white cells store fat (and release them for energy as needed) while the brown cells generate heat.
“Brown fat works in a different way to other fat in your body and produces heat by burning sugar and fat, often in response to cold, said professor Michael Symonds, from the School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham, who co-directed the study.
By increasing the brown cells’ activity, more calories are burnt, which can help with weight loss. The study of using caffeine as a stimulant found that coffee helps with the activation of brown fat, therefore potentially being a possible part of a weight-management regime or a glucose regulation program to help prevent diabetes.
By: Maytinee Kramer
