Coffee drinking may make you leaner |
Finland drinks more coffee per person than any country on earth, which makes it a good place to ask what a lifelong caffeine habit does to the body. After tracking more than 2,200 adults born in 1966, researchers found the heaviest coffee drinkers carried less total and visceral fat and more skeletal muscle than those who drank none, even with identical BMIs.
“People with the same BMI can have quite different amounts of fat versus muscle,” said lead researcher Luca Verroest of the University of Oulu. “Our findings point to habitual coffee drinkers having a comparatively leaner profile that BMI alone wouldn't reveal.”
Regular coffee consumption is also linked to lower levels of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) — a recognized marker of metabolic risk — and to a more favorable hormone profile in men, including higher testosterone and improved insulin markers.
To learn more about what this research may mean for your daily beverage routine, jump to “Coffee drinking linked to less abdominal fat, more muscle, better hormone balance.”
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