Australian Matthew Dellavedova, the Cleveland Cavaliers point guard/shooting guard, is a trim 200 pounds at 6 feet, 4 inches tall. He's also a major coffee fan, and had his own brew called "G'Day Mate" from the Cleveland Coffee Company a few years back.

That may be one reason he's in such good shape.

Researchers looked at data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and found that men ages 20 to 44 who drink two to three cups of joe a day have 1.3% less total fat and 1.8% less trunk fat than those who don't consume coffee.

And women benefited even more. The study, published in the Journal of Nutrition, reported that women ages 30 to 44 who drank two to three cups daily had 3.4% less body fat than female noncoffee drinkers. And those ages 45 to 69 who drank four or more cups daily had 4.1% less fat.

If weight is your main concern, limit intake to six cups. More than that can raise your risk for obesity, according to researchers from University of South Australia's Australian Centre for Precision Health.

You'll also pack on pounds if you favor coffee drinks with saturated fat-loaded dairy and sugar bombs. Your best option is filtered black coffee with no sugar.