A Japanese study has shown that the habit of drinking coffee every day can help fight dangerous fats in the body.
A team of authors from Kyoto Prefectural Medical University in Japan, writing in the scientific journal Nutrition, claims that coffee consumption habits may be associated with significantly lower visceral fat rates in both men and women.
The habit of drinking coffee in the morning can bring unexpected benefits.
Unlike subcutaneous fat, visceral fat wraps around abdominal organs deep in the body.
Visceral fat is mainly distributed in the abdominal cavity, and a larger waist circumference means more visceral fat. It's like a "beer belly". The risk of having a lot of visceral fat tends to increase with age and drinking habits.
Visceral fat can play a role in supporting and protecting internal organs, but if there is too much visceral fat, it will cause health risks. Visceral fat has been shown to increase the risk of serious health problems, including heart disease, Alzheimer's, type 2 diabetes, stroke, ......
However, Japanese researchers have come up with an extremely attractive solution: morning coffee with bread.
They looked at a data sample of more than 3,500 people, including more than 1,200 men and 2,300 women.
The results showed that people who regularly drank morning coffee had about 24% lower incidence of visceral obesity and about 30% lower incidence of metabolic syndrome.
Interestingly, those who drank coffee with bread in the morning had a 45% and 41% increase in risk, respectively.
Subsequent studies have shown that a combination of morning coffee and bread can make people drink coffee more regularly or more in the morning. However, further research is needed to analyze the effects of bread-making methods on body weight and metabolic regulation
Overall, the effect of reducing visceral obesity and reducing indicators related to metabolic syndrome is attributed to coffee.
Specifically, metabolic syndrome is a condition characterized by at least 2 of 5 factors: abdominal obesity, hypertension, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and a decrease in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL).
The effect of coffee on visceral fat and metabolic syndrome is due to the bioactive compounds in this drink: caffeine, polyphenolic compounds including chlorogenic acid.
These are very good antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds that can support the body's energy balance, weight loss, and especially the reduction of belly fat.
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Resources:
Koyama, Teruhide, et al. "Daily consumption of coffee and eating bread at breakfast time is associated with lower visceral adipose tissue and with lower prevalence of both visceral obesity and metabolic syndrome in Japanese populations: A cross-sectional study." Nutrients 12.10 (2020): 3090.