Why Do Bodybuilders Drink Black Coffee?

Why do body builders drink black coffee? It seems counter productive. How so? Coffee’s caffeine dehydrates you. It has no nutrients of value, while being drunk by someone who is watching their diet so closely the Weight Watchers people would give them awards. Coffee is a commonly available stimulant, without a lot of bad side effects. Guys drink it black because sugar and cream are too easily converted into fat. I guess the whipped topping is also out of the question. Especially if you are trying to get rid of a beer belly and build your pecs. Coffee may or may not increase testosterone. I’ve never heard that myth. I only know it was discovered by someone who noticed goats that ate it didn’t sleep. Coffee also has a number of health benefits. It is supposed to lower your risk of diabetes, dementia and some cancers. Body builders get similar benefits just by workout out and losing the body fat. Coffee improves your focus, energy level and metabolism without the sugar and junk in cola and most energy drinks. And stimulants reduce your appetite. Given how much body builders eat, that isn’t as important. And coffee shops kill a lot of that effect by selling high fat muffins, bagels and junk food to customers. Coffee does have a downside. If you drink too much and cannot sleep well, you end up craving high fat and high sugar foods to get your energy back. Which blows a hole in anyone’s diet. And for some people, caffeine actually increases their appetite along with the higher metabolism. If they eat more than they burn, they’ll end up worse off. Some guys like coffee because it is a natural diuretic, helping them lose water weight before a competition while improving their metabolism. But that’s not a reason to drink it every day. So that’s why Starbucks bathrooms are considered public. Everyone comes in to get a cup of Joe and then needs the facilities, or comes in for the facilities before getting coffee and then has to stay, never mind.