Each cup of coffee packs a powerful caffeine punch that can help wake you up and keep you more alert, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In addition to the caffeine, coffee itself provides little nutritional value other than potassium and fluoride, but those may be as a result of the additives in your local water supply.
Calories
One cup of black coffee with no sugar added contains only one-tenth of one calorie.
Extras
When we calculate the calories in a cup of coffee, it's really the things you add to it that provide calories, accordin to CalorieKing. One 8-oz. cafe latte from Starbucks, made with fat-free milk, contains 67 calories while one cup of Dunkin' Donuts coffee with cream and sugar has 120 calories in it. A sugar packet adds 11 calories and each teaspoon of creamer adds 10 calories.
Burn Those Calories
If you drink a cup of coffee containing cream and sugar, you can exercise to burn it off, says CalorieKing. To burn 120 calories, you'll have to walk for 33 minutes, cycle for 18 minutes, jog for 14 minutes or swim for 10 minutes.
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