Can lattes lose weight? will Starbucks lattes get fat? why don't you drink lattes when you lose weight?

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Will you get fat if you drink lattes? Yes. Because it is often said that drinking cold water makes you fat. Since drinking cold water can make people fat, drinking lattes can make people fat even more. Haha, this is a joke! It's hard to tell if you'll get fat if you drink a latte.

The calories of a latte

Different formulations for making lattes cause differences in the calories of each latte. All kinds of lattes with 100 milliliters are not high in calories, almost all between 50 and 100 kcal. But take Starbucks as an example, its three kinds of mainstream cup capacity are Tall cup type 354ml grad cup type 473ml 591ml cup type. Assuming that the average calorie of a 100ml latte is 75 kcal, then the calories of a cup latte of these three cup types are about 266 kcal, 355 kcal and 443 kcal respectively. It's a lot of calories! However, 100 ml full-fat sugar-free latte can be as low as 40 kcal, which is called low-calorie coffee by some people. But when we go to restaurants and coffee shops and chat with friends over a latte, who drinks a full-fat, sugar-free latte that can only be used for show but is actually boring?

The above is all about the calories of a liquid drink latte after brewing, but if it is a powdered latte that has not yet been made, then every 100 grams of calories is usually close to 500 calories. It can be said that latte is indeed a high-calorie drink. Therefore, all kinds of diet materials will say that it is not appropriate to drink more lattes during weight loss. If you want to lose weight, you can't be wrong to accept this advice first.

From the perspective of diet control, will drinking lattes make you fat?

Different diet weight loss theories have different theoretical basis. For example, the most mainstream "negative calorie balance" weight loss theory, if you can make sure that your daily calorie intake is less than your calorie consumption, then you can lose weight. From this, you can infer that if the calories you eat every day, including lattes, are not enough to cope with the calories of the day, then the body will use the fat reserves to provide energy, not only can not get fat up, but also thin! In theory, it is. Actually, you can't. Because sugary drinks such as lattes, in particular, provide a lot of calories, but they don't make you full. You will still eat the right food, which is the same as what you are supposed to eat, with a few more cups of high-calorie lattes.

From the perspective of low-carbon diet theory, sugary drinks are the first food category to be eliminated. Because it's sugars (carbohydrates) that make you fat. So, even a small latte will make you fat.

What are we going to do, drink or not? Royal King's advice is that if you use the most mainstream theory of "negative calorie balance" to control your diet, take into account the calories of lattes and maintain a total calorie deficit in your body. It's okay to drink lattes. The premise is that in order to taste the latte, you have to be prepared to starve!

Is there a way to drink lattes without starving and not to get fat?

Yes. Enough exercise, plus scientific diet control. Whether you want to lose weight, or to maintain your current low body fat rate, scientific diet control, and enough exercise frequency and hours per week, you won't get fat or even have a lower body fat rate, even if you drink a delicious latte from time to time.

Three times a week, 45 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise at a time, plus a diet to lose weight, is basically enough. You won't get fat. But be aware that effective fitness programs and diets will disappear over time, so in order to maintain an ideal body fat rate for a long time, and to drink delicious lattes or other foods you want to eat, you need to update or adjust your fitness and diet plan every once in a while.

Here are two tips to help you drink a latte without getting fat:

(1) after a high-intensity exercise, you can indulge your appetite a little and drink a high-stacked, sweet latte with milk foam. Can be done by accident.

(2) or after tasting such a cup of latte, do one or two calorie equivalent exercises no later than 7 days at the latest to counteract the calories of the latte. It's a tough task. It takes about 40 to 60 minutes of jogging.

Although the calories of food are high or low, it doesn't determine whether you are fat or thin, including lattes. Food is something for us to survive and enjoy life, and there is no such thing as "weight loss food" or "fat food". If you know how to eat scientifically and exercise, taste lattes or enjoy delicious food, you will no longer be in danger of getting fat!

From the official account "Royal Fitness" on Wechat

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