Can drinking a lot of Coffee hurt your metabolism?

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thinkbeinteresting

No it's good for your metabolism in that all caffeine products increase your metabolism thereby burning more calories. However it is dehydrating, so be sure to drink plenty of water. Good luck with your caffeine diet!

carole

Well, yes - too much of anything is no good. Coffee speeds your metabolism and if you drink a lot of coffee for too long, you body may greatly reduce it's own ability to speed the metabolism and get lazy on it's own.

Peace!

Kim Y

Caffeine is a drug (natural) that can cause some heart arymthia (spelling off), which may not be good. Coffee also is a diuretic, which means it removes more liquid from you than putting in - which means that you are dehydrating yourself.

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Kassie

Personally I think that coffee has gotten a bad rap from many.
I can't imagine a world without a Tim Horton's drive thru or a starbuck. Many friends have gathered around a cup of doffe and pondered lifes challenges. Many sweethearts have shared a cup on the first date. Many couples sit side by side on the couch in their flannel housecoats watching American Idol. I ask you... where would we be with out it. Worry will kill you faster then coffee ! Enjoy !

radioheadjam

Not sure about your metabolism but it isnt healthy for your heart. Too much caffine can have damaging effects on your heart. Caffine is a drug but like anyother drug in large doses it can be harmful.

moonchild

yes, dont drink so much

Kierstin L

i dont know but it will stain your teeth! bad!

Steve Urkel

If you're reading this over your morning cup of coffee, you can sip away with the comforting thought that a new study found no relationship between drinking lots of the brew and coronary heart disease.

Data on more than 120,000 participants in two U.S. studies that followed people for as long as two decades found no link between heart disease and a daily intake of six or more cups of coffee. In fact, the risk was the same as for people who had less than one cup of coffee or tea a month.

A couple of caveats go with the overall findings, the researchers said.

"We can't exclude the association between coffee consumption and the risk of coronary heart disease in small groups of people," said Rob van Dam, a research scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health, and a co-author of the report.

For instance, a recent study suggested that one form of a gene responsible for metabolism of caffeine could make coffee harmful to people who carry the gene, van Dam said, "although that finding requires confirmation."

And the new findings don't apply to heavy consumption of unfiltered coffee, such as the French press kind, he said. "Studies have consistently shown that drinking a lot of French press coffee increases low-density lipoprotein, the bad cholesterol," van Dam said.

The new findings appear in the April 25 issue of the journal Circulation.

What you put into your coffee cup other than coffee also matters, said Alice Lichtenstein, professor of nutritional science and policy at Tufts University, and chairwoman of the American Heart Association's nutrition committee.

"Just because there is no association between coffee and cardiovascular disease, that doesn't give free rein to order whatever you want at a coffee shop," she said. "The saturated fat in cream or whole milk and the sugar that is put in warrant consideration. Having black coffee or no-fat milk is one thing. It's another thing to drink coffee with lots of calories in it."

The researchers behind the new study had to adjust their risk estimates for other habits that often go with coffee consumption. For example, heavy coffee drinkers were more likely to drink alcohol and use aspirin, and less likely to exercise and use vitamin supplements. And there was a strong association between coffee consumption and smoking; more than half the women and 30 percent of the men drinking six or more cups a day also smoked cigarettes.

Some other findings in the study:

There was no difference in heart risk between women who frequently drank decaffeinated coffee and those who did not.
There was no significant difference in blood levels of total cholesterol, HDL ("good") cholesterol and LDL ("bad") cholesterol in coffee drinkers, whether they favored caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee.
Type 2 diabetes, the kind that generally develops later in life, had no effect on heart-disease risk -- or the lack of risk -- associated with drinking coffee.
Van Dam had some advice for coffee drinkers. "If you perceive unpleasant symptoms, such as difficulty falling to sleep when consuming caffeinated coffee, that means you drink too much," he said.

And women who are pregnant or nursing should limit themselves to three or fewer 8-ounce cups a day because "the child is very sensitive to caffeine," he said.

Also, "persons with specific diseases such as heart conditions can consult their physicians about prudent coffee consumption," van Dam said.

Jack C

no... but it is bad for your teeth.

Dorothy and Toto

Coffee speeds your metabolism and if you drink a lot of coffee for too long, you body may greatly reduce it's own ability to speed the metabolism and get lazy on it's own. Best of luck.

julie_ramrattan2003

Yes, it can. It's very bad for you.. Drinking coffee results in an increase of the heart rate of the drinker, increased blood flow to the muscles, and an increase in blood pressure and it causes a decrease in blood flow to the skin and to the inner organs. Most importantly for many drinkers, the level of dopamine in the brain increases.

Sunny

It does. look at this article

Baddest_Bandulu

As a caffeine addict I can say this. Fast from it from time to time and always have water as a chaser, since it will dehydrate you.

maxon475

I don't know if it hurts your metabolism, but one thing I'm sure of is that if I don't have at the least one every morning, I GET A F....ING HEADACHE. I've been drinking coffee for 50 years, My teeth are not stained and I'm as healthy as any other Joe my age.

rukidding

I don't know about metabolism, but I had a boss once who drank so much coffee at work all week that he actually had headaches from withdrawal over the weekend.

Martha Y

drinking to much coffee will not hurt you metabolism you can have up to 6 cups a day just don't drink it at bed time

Freddie xoxo

I think it depends what you put in it. I drank starbucks frappuccinos at least 3 times a wk for a month and gained about 7 pounds. Once i quit, I began to lose weight a lot easier. But black coffee shouldn't do too much damage. Take every you eat and drink in moderation.

callaudrey2pray@sbcglobal.net

Coffee is a very harmful drink it causes an increase of acid in the stomach which can cause ulcers. and acid reflux . It also causes kidney damage and bladder problems. Then add to that the caffeine which can cause heart problems as well as reducing you metabolism, causing a short term peak and then a long term low.

Chris R

Speeds it up

mfpa2007

define too much, i've drank 1-1/2 pots a day for 30 years, and i'm ok.....................................c... iv quick....................zap.........oka... who tried slipping me the decaf...............who did it ?, lol

JP the Answer Pimp

I guess it would depend on how your body reacts to caffiene...I am sure everyone is different

whateverbabe

i know it will make you want to eat more

christy