A Coffee Diet? I've Heard It All Now!
By: Linda Fletcher
A coffee diet! Ive heard the lot now. The next thing you know well be having something like loose 10 pounds in 7 days with tea and biscuits! I mean, who comes up with these fat blasting ideas? Or more importantly, who buys into them? You can just imagine it in the staffroom at your workplace. Everyone fighting to get their Cornish pasty in the microwave and theres you quietly preparing your lunch with nothing but a kettle. Okay, ribbing aside, I guess we should look at this diet in a little more detail and see what method is behind this seeming madness.
The article, which was in a slimming magazine, caught my eye for a couple of reasons. First, because Im a lover of java, and second, I could do with losing a few pounds myslef, so I couldnt help but read it out of curiosity if nothing else. When I got to thinking about this, I remember my mother always telling to drink a cup of black coffee in the morning as it would curb my appetite until lunch time. And she was right.
Anyway, moving on a tad, the advocates of the coffee diet propose that anyone who wants to shed a bit of weight should do the same as my mothers suggested, although they made no reference to her personally you understand!
However, this weird weight loss approach needs to be looked into a little deeper before we all jump onto the coffee diet bandwagon mouth first. I mean, theres such an abundance of get-thin-quick plans floating around these days, its best to take a couple of steps back and consider the situation. This goes for any of the new found fads and not just the coffee diet
Before embarking on any new weight loss program, its always wise to pay a visit to your local doctor first. A complete physical never hurt anyone and your physician will have valuable insight into the coffee diet approach, but somehow I cant see any responsible doc giving the thumbs up to a drinks for food diet. Take the coffee diet to an authorized nutritionist and I bet the response is the same. I could be wrong though and you may find through these two visits that a coffee diet is the probably the right thing for your weight loss needs.
You know, were always looking for the next lazy, or should I say easy, no, perhaps effortless weight loss program, but despite it all, the old fashion way still wins every time. Can you remember the original diet? Its simply to put less in your mouth and get more exercise. Thats it! Okay, so there are a few whistles and bells to add like the right types of food and a sensible exercise regime, but you get the idea.
Another thing worth pointing out with the coffee diet is that its supposedly a quick fix and not a new way of eating (or starving), so perhaps if the dieter uses it as a jump start to a more sensible eating plan, its not such a bad thing. It also went on to say in the article that the coffee diet is not the foundation of the program. Now this probably doesnt make a lot of sense, so Ill try to explain. Advocates of the coffee diet strongly urge you to eat well throughout the day. By well, they mean adopt a healthy food diet consuming small portions as part of the regime.
The coffee diet simply allows the dieter a moderate intake of coffee throughout the day time, but the coffee has to be pure. Lattes and cappuccinos and all those other fandangled coffee cups are out. Hmm! its sounds ok, but at the end of the day, were still not eating properly because the coffee diet is removing our natural appetite and Im not totally convinced thats a good thing.
One final point that may give you food for thought is your insulin. Caffeine can make your blood sugar unstable. The insulin in your body will not be able to process it properly and it winds up stored in the body as fat. So, if you do decide to take on the coffee diet, make sure that you dont drink too much.
Linda Fletcher is a proficient writer and webmaster for Slender Folks dot com where she writes on such issues as The Zone Diet and The 3 Day Diet. She also has many other health and weight loss related pieces on the site.
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