There is nothing like opening up a new tin of a quality dark roast coffee and smelling that sweet aroma for the first time. It’s like heaven in a little jar. I only started drinking coffee when I jumped into the work force. Before then, I could never understand why anyone would drink the stuff. I knew that over consumption could increase your blood pressure, your heart rate, and make some people feel anxious and jittery. But what I didn’t know was the addiction aspect of coffee.
Since being in the training business, I usually have clients starting bright and early at 5 a.m. and I won’t be finished until 8 p.m. at night. By the time I get home, I’m usually grumpy, tired, and hungry.
Anyways, when I first started drinking coffee, it was to wake up in the morning so I could have a ton of energy to be able to train people. No one likes a boring, half asleep trainer. People pay good money for this service and they deserve the best every time.
Well, to make a long story short, I became addicted. Now I have about 2 cups every morning no matter what. I’ll even have another 2-3 cups right before my workouts now. Truthfully, I don’t think I feel the effects anymore and I’m scared to even drink more through out the day. I know that over consumption could also cause adrenal fatigue, but what I did not know is that caffeine could potentially cause an increase in belly fat!
Yes, that’s right. I was reading through some material and found this out that caffeine could decrease your insulin sensitivity and glucose tolerance. This is bad news if you are trying to lose weight. Here is the study below.
Caffeinated coffee consumption impairs blood glucose homeostasis in response to high and low glycemic index meals in healthy men.
Moisey LL, Kacker S, Bickerton AC, Robinson LE, Graham TE. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 May;87(5):1254-61.
Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
This is interesting stuff since it is widely accepted that you should be consuming a carbohydrate blend before your workout. However, the subjects in this study showed that ingesting caffeine with a carbohydrate blend impaired glucose tolerance. Basically making you more insulin resistant, which is what Diabetes type II patients are.
I feel more research needs to be done on this topic. But it could be a good reason for myself and others to give up the morning java.
I’m reading a good book called Clean by Dr. Alejandro Junger. He talks about this same very thing about the effects of caffeine on the body.
I’m going to try and kick the coffee habit, but I’m sure it is going to take some time.
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