If you're one of the millions of people who just can't kick that caffeine habit ... don't worry, you don't have to! Coffee can fit in to your healthy lifestyle and help you reach your goals. Lately, I've (Juliane) been getting asked a lot about using coffee in my nutrition plans. Some assume its off limits. Coffee is actually good for your. It's all the crap that people put in it, that's bad. Coffee is a natural fat burner because of the caffeine. Try putting unsweetened almond milk in it with stevia and cinnamon. It's great! There are so many things you can do with black coffee because its virtually calorie free. And here's how that java can help you reach your fat burning goals... Coffee is best to have pre workout because caffeine helps activate those fat burning hormones. Caffeine has made its way to most commercial fat burning supplements, for good reason. It is one of the few substances that is known to help mobilize fats from the fat tissues and increase metabolism.
According to the website "Authority Nutrition," caffeine stimulates the nervous system, which sends direct signals to the fat cells to tell them to break down fat. Another thing that caffeine does is to increase our blood levels of the hormone Epinephrine, which is also known as Adrenaline. Epinephrine travels through the blood, to the fat tissues and send signals to break down fats and release them into the blood. This is how caffeine helps to mobilize fat from the fat tissues, making it available for use as free fatty acids in the blood.
Caffeine can also give you that added power to help lift a little heavier and crank out a few more reps which equals more fat burning muscles!
Take 200-300mg about 30-60 minutes pre-workout.
One caution... make sure you are not extremely sensitive to caffeine or it will keep you awake at night. And yes, too much of a good thing is too much... try to stick to about 2 cups a day so you don't overstimulate your system and cause a stress response!
****And just for my awesome readers, here is a simple, healthy and delicious pre-workout recipe****
1 cup of unsweetened almond milk
A huge scoop of instant coffee
liquid stevia (to sweeten)
a few shakes of cinnamon
a few shakes of ginger
1 scoop of whey protein powder flavor of your choice
1 teaspoon of Hershey's baking cocoa
a spoonful of plain Greek yogurt
1 teaspoon of Konjac root powder (I talked about this in previous blogs)
tons of ice cubes.
blend and enjoy!
You can lots of fun stuff with black coffee... be creative!
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