 Articles Fitness Nutrition  Weight Loss Myth? Coffee can Help
You Lose Weight  Coffee is very controversial when it comes to
weight loss. Some say that it can be of benefit to dieters,
while others say that it can be detrimental to a weight loss
plan. In fact, coffee most likely has both positive and negative
effects on weight loss, depending on how it's consumed and other
factors.  How Coffee Can Help a Diet  Coffee contains caffeine
which is a stimulant. It can enable people to feel more alert
and help them to be more active, leading to weight loss. It may
also act as a mild appetite suppressant. Drinking coffee during
the afternoon or after dinner can help to reduce cravings for
snacks or sweets, by filling the stomach and suppressing the
appetite, without the addition of calories.  Coffee might also
stimulate your metabolism by increasing your rate of
thermogenesis (how your body burns calories to create heat and
energy). However, this is only a slight increase and studies
have not shown it to have a ver