Is Caffeine & Coffee OK for weight loss?

Definitely YES For Caffeine

Caffeine increases your fat burning metabolism by 11% or more depending on how much you take.
Caffeine increases the amount of fat burning hormones like norepinephrine that break down fat at an accelerated rate.
Caffeine gives you more energy to workout harder and longer to burn more calories to lose weight faster.
Caffeine helps your body use or burn mostly only fat for energy while you workout.
This is why Caffeine is one of the most important ingredients in fat burners

Yes for Coffee but…

Only if you drink a caffeinated cup of coffee but caffeinated or not… Coffee itself has other fat burning substances that aren't as powerful as caffeine like Theobromine, Theophylline & Chlorogenic Acid.
Limit the amount of sugar and creams you use that will cause your blood sugar levels to rapidly go up and then right back down making you hungrier or better yet…
Use natural sweeteners like Sweetleaf, Sun Crystals, Stevia, Truvia or PureVia and…
Avoid using the artificial sweeteners like Nutrasweet, Equal, Sweet N Low, Sweet Twin, Sugar Twin, Splenda, Sunett & Sweet One that make you gain weight by increasing your cravings (just like diet sodas do)

How Much Caffeine For Weight Loss?

At least 200mg of caffeine is needed to get the fat burning benefits or 3-6mg per kg based on your bodyweight…

Well, that answer will vary from person-to-person but when it comes to burning fat faster…

All you need is about 50-to-300mg of caffeine within an hour of working out to get the energy boosting & accelerated fat burning benefits and…
More than 300-to-600mg of caffeine per day is too much because it may lead to side effects like nausea, headaches, trouble sleeping, nervousness, irritability or fast heartbeat but…

When you're trying to find out the right amount of caffeine for you…

Start off with only 50mg, 1 cup of coffee, ½ can of red bull or ½ the serving size of your fat burner and…
If that doesn't give you the energy boost you need then get more caffeine but…
Once you get to a point where you need more than 300-to-600mg…
You're going to have to bring your tolerance levels back down by not taking so much caffeine for next few days, weeks or months so you can continue to get an energy boost off the safer 50-to-300mg of caffeine because…

Your body gets used to caffeine very quickly &…

Usually (depending on which study you look at) within 2-to-12 days of taking 50-to-300mg of caffeine daily the fat burning & energy boosting effects will wear off because…
Your body has gotten used to or developed a tolerance to the 50-to-300mg of caffeine you're taking and…
That's why your fat burners, cups of coffee and energy drinks stop giving you an energy boost because you use them too much without giving yourself a break from caffeine so again…
Once you get to a point where you need more than 300-to-600mg…
You're going to have to gradually stop using so much caffeine for a couple of days, weeks or months so you can reset or lower your tolerance to caffeine so that…
You can go back to increasing your metabolism, burning more fat and getting a energy boost off the much safer 50-to-300mg per day.

*Coffee & Teas

*All amounts except espresso are based on 1 cup or 8 oz. serving sizes

Energy Drinks

*Supplements & Fat burners

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