If the answer to losing a little weight is to stop exercising and start drinking more coffee... yeah, I'm here for that. According to a new study out of England, drinking coffee just might help you burn off fat.

The researchers found that coffee can stimulate something called "brown fat" in your body. That's a special kind of fat that heats up and burns calories.

Now, this isn't a license to start drinking two dozen cups of coffee a day and hoping it makes you supermodel skinny.

The researchers say that more studies are needed, but for now, this link between coffee and burning fat does look promising.

Read more at USA Today.

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