Drinking two or three cups a day is enough to reduce overall fat levels and especially the most dangerous abdominal fat, according to a test by Anglia Ruskin University.
The test is reported in the Journal of Nutrition, and analysed data from the USA. It found that in women 20-44, body fat dropped by 3.4% for coffee drinkers, and the reduction was over 4% for women aged 45-69.
The benefits were consistent whether the woman drank caffeinated or decaffeinated coffee.
There were also benefits for men, although not as great (aged 20-44, they had 1.3% less fat).
Lee Smith, Lin Yang, Shengxu Li, Shahrokh F Shariat, Thomas Waldhoer, Tianlin Xu, Yunan Han, Mohammad Abufaraj, Qinran Liu, Chao Cao. Regular Coffee Consumption Is Associated with Lower Regional Adiposity Measured by DXA among US Women. The Journal of Nutrition, 2020