Does Coffee Make You Gain Weight Naturally

There are lots of folk who spend their lunch hour in coffee shops who have come to ask the question, does coffee make you gain weight". This is because they put on weight and believe the urban myth that the coffee is to blame.

Well, as a learned man once said, "It all depends on what you mean" when you refer to coffee. In actual fact, a regular mug of black coffee without sugar only has about 17-19 calories so quite plainly that's not the cause of any weight gain. However many of the more exotic coffees complete with a dollop of cream can contain as many as 500 - 600 calories. Add a muffin or a flapjack and you could be over 1000 calories for just a snack which is probably a lesson in how to gain weight fast.

So it's not the coffee, it's what goes into the coffee and, often, what you have with the coffee and the size of the coffee mug. A fancy king-sized coffee with a sandwich laced with mayo and a flapjack adds up to some serious calories; in fact, it might be as high as 1500 calories. Depending on various other factors the recommended daily calorie intake for women is around 2000 and men about 2500 which leaves not much to play with after a snack of 1500 calories; but it's not the coffee!

Most reputable coffee shops and certainly the big chains show the calorie content on most, if not all, of their products. In any case, it's worthwhile having a hunt around the web and comparing the calorific content of your regular coffee shop snacks. Pay particular attention to sandwiches, especially the ones with mayonnaise, and you will be surprised at just how many calories you tuck away every lunchtime. To say nothing of the coffee shop staples such as flapjacks, muffins and smoothies.

If you like sandwiches (and most of us do)you really should dip out on the mayonnaise and avoid the butter if you want to keep the calorific content with reasonable bounds. There are healthy options and most of coffee shop chains do a good job at providing these which means it is possible to have an adequate lunch of a coffee and sandwich without busting the calorie bank.

Most folk realize that a cooked breakfast every day is not a healthy option. However, it may not be generally understood that some muffins come close to, if not exceeding, the calorie content of a reasonable cooked breakfast. In extreme cases a muffin can add as much as 650 calories to your daily intake.

Another sleeping giant, so far as calorie content is concerned, is that favorite accompaniment to a cup of coffee; the flapjack. Talk about a wolf in sheep's clothing for calorie content. Incredibly a normal sized flapjack can have around 350 calories which will make a hole in your recommended calorie intake.

So now you know; it's not the coffee that's causing the bulge. In fact, you can be quite sure that you now have the answer to "does coffee make you gain weight"?