Does Drinking Coffee Make You Fat?
Have you ever though about how many calories you are truly raking up throughout the day just by drinking coffee? Coffee, when consumed in excess, can be dangerous to our waistlines because most people tend to neglect the amount of calories that are in their morning coffee. At Starbucks the highest calorie drink that they have contains 790 calories. And several of the latte options offered at Dunkin Donuts can contain up to double the amount of calories you would find in a Starbucks drink. Clearly you can see how easy it is to bulk up your waistline by drinking coffee. To answer your question “ Does coffee cause weight gain?” The answer is yes. But fortunately there are certain tricks you can use to battle the bulge that coffee can cause.
Skip The Whipped Cream
Although frilly drinks look pretty and luxurious, when ordering coffee, frill is your worse enemy. Does a caramel macchiato topped with whipped cream and a generous drizzle of caramel sounds delicious to you? It may be delicious but it brings in a more than generous serving of calories. Ordering a caramel macchiato with the whipped cream and the caramel brings your calorie count up to 465 calories. This drink is originally 340 calories. It is clear now that coffee will definitely make you gain weight if you add the whipped cream. Realistically, your coffee will taste exactly the same without the whipped cream and caramel topping. On hot beverages, whipped cream is more of a visual thing than a matter of taste.
Non-Fat is Your Friend
No matter what coffee it is that you are opting to order, it is customizable. Ask for Non-fat milk instead of whole milk. Remember that caramel macchiato we had previously discussed? Well, that caramel macchiato is 340 calories with whole milk, if you decide to opt for non-fat milk instead of whole milk the calorie count decreases by 100 calories, ultimately bringing your total calories for the drink down to 240 calories. There is a minimal difference in the taste between non-fat and whole milk in this drink. The taste of milk gets lost in the complexity of the drink, so it will be a change you will barely notice in taste but will be very noticeable on your waistline. Let’s say you order two of these coffee drinks a day, five days a week. By ordering with non-fat milk instead of whole milk you save a total of 1000 calories per week, and overtime that will add up.
