Listen to this article on Spotify, or watch it on YouTube. Show A patient of mine brought to my attention that there’s a drink that people are calling enzyme coffee, which is supposed to help you lose weight. But what is this “enzyme” they’re talking about? And how does it work, if it does at all? Let’s take a look at enzyme coffee for weight loss. What is enzyme coffee?Firstly, the term “enzyme coffee” is completely meaningless. An enzyme is a broad term for a protein that helps speed up chemical reactions in the body. There are well over a 1000 different enzymes in the body that do everything from breakdown food to build muscle. So which one is it? It’s like selling something just called “flavored coffee”. Ok great to know that it’s flavored, but what flavor is it? A Google search into this product yields something that goes by the name of Enzyme Coffee or Bulletproof Enzyme Coffee, and right away, you gotta love their product page. It’s sold on a website that sells TikTok jewelry. So you know any health products sold here must be reputable. Nowhere on the product page does it tell us what this magical enzyme is. So for fun, I’m going to try to deduce what it could possibly be based entirely on the sketchy descriptions given to us on the website. What is the enzyme?Let’s start by taking a look at their description of enzyme coffee:
So our first clue is that it’s supposed to be a coenzyme involved with fat metabolism, specifically related to the transport of fats in and out of the mitochondria. One that comes to mind right away is L-carnitine, which is indeed involved in the transport of fats in and out of the mitochondria. As a side note, I’m not a biochemist, and my biochemistry is real rusty. So if your biochemistry is up to par, feel free to correct me in the comments down below. Let’s keep going.
So now they’re claiming it’s a coenzyme involved in the transport of fats, amino acids, and glucose. Not just fats. Unfortunately L-carnitine is involved only in the transportation of fats. But we do have another enzyme that is involved in the transport of all three, Coenzyme A, which is derived from Vitamin B5. If we go further down, we find more:
Ok, so now they’re saying it’s a vitamin. There are three vitamins that come to mind that are involved in fat metabolism:
And because L-carnitine is not really a vitamin, it’s starting to look like one of the other vitamins. Also breast milk contains all of the aforementioned nutrients so that piece of information is completely useless. So based on the entire description, the secret ingredient they might be referring to could be any one of the B vitamins, or possibly L-carnitine, with perhaps vitamin B5 fitting the description the best. But what do I really think the secret “enzyme” is? Probably nothing. My guess is that it’s just overpriced instant coffee marketed for weight loss. Their description of this product is so inconsistent and vague, it sounds like it was written to pack in a number of random buzzwords, rather than accurately describe a product. It doesn’t make a whole lot of sense as a whole, and honestly looks like whoever wrote this just copied and pasted a number of biochemistry keywords from a Wikipedia article describing fat oxidation, then strung them together into a sentence. Can enzyme coffee help with weight loss?For some people, drinking any type of regular coffee might help in their weight loss, by improving their energy for exercise or by helping to suppress their cravings between meals. You can check out our article on using coffee for weight loss in the description below. There’s nothing special about enzyme coffee. Even if they did add some B vitamins inside, you could replicate that far more reliability and cheaper by simply taking a good quality B complex supplement with your morning coffee. If you found that mixing coffee with something else was helpful for your weight loss, then keep it up! Perhaps mixing something in helped you to drink more coffee and eat less. Maybe you were actually deficient in vitamin C, and adding lemon to your coffee helped perk you up enough to exercise more. There’s no need to buy a special “weight loss” coffee off some sketchy website. You’ll do just fine getting regular coffee from a reputable vendor, and mixing whatever you like into it. What do you think about enzyme coffee? Let me know in the comments down below! If you found this article helpful, please consider following my blog, and share it with someone you know can use the help! Learn more aboutIs Coffee Good For Weight Loss? https://brianyeungnd.com/2021/09/30/is-coffee-good-for-weight-loss/ Dr. Brian Yeung, ND: https://linktr.ee/BrianYeungND CitationsCoenzyme A. (Feb 2, 2022). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenzyme_A Enzyme Cofactors and Vitamins. (2021, November 4). https://chem.libretexts.org/@go/page/16062 Fidanza A, Audisio M. Vitamins and lipid metabolism. Acta Vitaminol Enzymol. 1982;4(1-2):105-114. Longo N, Frigeni M, Pasquali M. Carnitine transport and fatty acid oxidation. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2016;1863(10):2422-2435. doi:10.1016/j.bbamcr.2016.01.023 Natasha Fillmore, Osama Abo Alrob and Gary D. Lopaschuk. The authors are from Cardiovascular Research Centre, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. DOI: 10.21748/lipidlibrary.39187 TikTok Tuesday: Coffee with a breast milk enzyme? https://www.healthing.ca/wellness/tiktok-weight-loss-coffee/ Attributions“DHHC enzymes” by National Institutes of Health (NIH) is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/?ref=openverse&atype=rich “Enzymes and Radiation Resistance” by EMSL is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/?ref=openverse&atype=rich “Enzyme repairing DNA” by National Institutes of Health (NIH) is licensed under . To view a copy of this license, visit undefined?ref=openverse&atype=rich “Methane-digesting enzyme” by Argonne National Laboratory is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/?ref=openverse&atype=rich Copyright and DisclaimersCopyright disclaimer: We do not give anyone permission to copy, translate, and/or reupload our videos, designs, captions, or written text on YouTube or other social media platforms. You may share the link, as long as it links back to the original source here. Disclaimer: Dr. Brian Yeung, ND received his Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine degree from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in 2013. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Yeung is currently a practicing Naturopathic Doctor with additional prescribing authority and IV therapy certification in Ontario. This article is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, and prescription or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Yeung and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. BrianYeungND and Dr. Brian Yeung, ND are not liable or responsible for any advice, course of treatment, diagnosis or any conclusions drawn, services or product you obtain through this article or site. Does coffee with enzymes help you lose weight?Amazingly, caffeine increases lipase, an enzyme that helps break down fat during digestion. It is the synergetic combination of caffeine and chlorogenic acid working together that makes coffee a great fat burning technique.
What does enzyme coffee do?Enzyme coffee is a type of coffee that contains special enzymes that help break down fat cells. These enzymes are found naturally in the coffee bean, but they are usually destroyed during the roasting process.
Which enzyme is best for weight loss?The digestive enzymes that are important for weight loss help break down the food we eat and keep our metabolism burning fat. The enzymes important for weight loss include lipase, protease and amylase.
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