Weight loss: Drinking this beverage for breakfast can help you burn fat says expert

Weight loss can begin right at the start of the day if the right breakfast is consumed - and a cup of coffee could be just the ticket.

Drinking coffee could help dieters burn fat and kick-start their metabolism from the get-go, as well as boosting concentration and energy levels.

Consuming one or two cups of Joe a day “can help boost your metabolic rate, by stimulating thermogenesis, helping you, in turn, to burn more fat,” nutritionist Sarah Flowers said.

“Coffee also contains Chlorogenic acid, which helps to slow down the absorption of carbohydrates, as well as stimulating the hormone Epinephrine, which helps to break down fat.”

The drink can also help reduce appetite - although it shouldn’t be considered a meal replacement.

Sarah explained: “Coffee can stimulate thermogenesis (heat and energy) which in turn reduces appetite and need, temporarily, for food.

“Coffee also contains chlorogenic acid, which helps to slow down the absorption of carbohydrates and suppresses our hunger hormone, Ghrelin.

“This hormone is stimulated by carbohydrates, which sits in our stomach and growling at us to feed it more and more.

“Carbohydrates also shut off our leptin response – this is the hormone that tells our brain when we are full. By suppressing ghrelin and stimulating leptin, we can effectively reduce our appetite.”

Drinking more coffee doesn't serve to burn even more fat, however, as the body could become intolerant.

“Before you start guzzling coffee all day long, the fat burning effect diminishes the more coffee you have and you could become intolerant to its effects,” said Sarah, “so it is actually better to choose your coffee wisely and drink only a cup or two per day to enjoy all the benefits.”

According to a study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology - which studied the dietary habits of more than 93,000 people - those who drank more coffee had a decreased risk of obesity and a lower risk of type two diabetes.

Unroasted coffee beans can also help boost weight loss, research has found.

In a study presented to the American Chemical Society, researchers showed how a group of overweight or obese people who consumed a fraction of an ounce of ground green coffee beans each day lost about 10 per cent of their body weight.

This is due to the higher level of chlorogenic acid in green coffee beans, which breaks down when coffee beans are roasted.

However, it’s not just what dieters eat at breakfast that can help them lose weight, but also when they eat it.

In order to get the most out a diet plan, be sure to eat breakfast within one hour of waking up in order to maintain the circadian rhythm and boost metabolism.

Studies have shown eating breakfast early can prolong time between meals, meaning hunger strikes later in the day and cutting out snack temptations.

Hopefully, this means dieters won’t go on to make bad eating choices for lunch and dinner.

A study from the University of Illinois at Chicago and published in the journal Diabetic Medicine showed that people who had type two diabetes were more likely to have a higher BMI if they eat breakfast later.

Participants who ate breakfast between 7.30am and 9am had a lower BMI by 0.37 kg/m2.

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