Processed Green Coffee

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Losing weight can be incredibly difficult. For this reason, people have turned to all sorts of supplements in order to make things easier. Green Coffee Bean Extract is currently among the world’s most popular  weight loss supplements. As  the name implies, this supplement is extracted from green coffee beans. It contains a substance called Chlorogenic Acid, which is believed to be responsible for the weight loss effects. Green coffee extract was promoted by Dr. Oz back in 2012. He is an American TV doctor and probably the most famous health “guru” in the world.
What  Are Green Coffee Beans?

• Green coffee beans are basically just unroasted coffee beans.
• Coffee beans are naturally green, but they are usually roasted before being sold to the consumer. This is the process that turns them brown.
• As we know… coffee beans are  loaded  with antioxidants and pharmacologically active compounds. Two of the most important ones are Caffeine and  Chlorogenic Acid.
• Chlorogenic Acid is believed to be the main active ingredient in green coffee beans. That is, the substances that produces the weight loss effects.
• Unfortunately…. most of the chlorogenic acid is removed when coffee is roasted.
• For this reason, regular coffee beans won’t have the same effect (although there are plenty of other  good reasons  to drink coffee if you enjoy it).
• Bottom Line:  Green coffee beans are the same as regular coffee beans, except that they haven’t been roasted yet. They are high in a substance called Chlorogenic Acid.

How Does Green Coffee Bean Extract Work… What is The Mechanism?

• Green coffee bean extract does contain some caffeine.
• Several studies have shown that caffeine can  boost metabolism  by up to 3-11% .
• However, the main active ingredient is believed to be the chlorogenic acid.
• Some human studies suggest that it can reduce the absorption of  carbohydrates  from the digestive tract, which lowers blood sugar and insulin spikes.
• If this is true, then taking green coffee bean extract would be like eating a slightly lower carbohydrate diet.
• Other studies (in mice and rats) have shown that chlorogenic acid can reduce body weight, reduce fat absorbed from the diet, reduce fat stored in the liver and improve the function of the fat burning hormone  adiponectin.
• Chlorogenic acid has also been shown to drastically improve  cholesterol  and triglyceride levels in rats. These are important risk factors for heart disease.
• What do The Human Studies Say?
• There have been several human studies on Green Coffee Bean Extract.
• These studies are so-called  randomized controlled trials, which are the gold standard of scientific experiments in humans.
• One of them included 30 overweight individuals and went on for 12 weeks.
• There were two groups… one consumed regular Instant coffee, while the other consumed Instant coffee enriched with 200 mg of Green Coffee Bean Extract (10).
• Neither group was instructed to change their diet or exercise habits.
• This graph shows the weight changes in the two groups, from 0-12 weeks:
• As you can see, the group taking the instant coffee with green coffee bean extract lost 11.9 pounds (5.4 kg), while the group taking plain instant coffee lost only 3.7 pounds (1.7 kg).
• Body fat percentage also went down by 3.6% in the green coffee extract group, compared to 0.7% in the other group.

Side effects, Dosage and How to Use it

• According to the limited evidence available, green coffee bean extract appears to have a pretty good safety profile.
• However, some participants dropped out of one study due to headache and urinary tract infection.
• This study is too small to demonstrate that the side effects were caused by the supplement itself, it may just have been a coincidence.
• Green coffee does contain caffeine, which can have numerous side effects when consumed in large amounts. This includes anxiety, jitteriness, rapid heartbeat, etc.
• If you are sensitive to caffeine, then you should be careful with green coffee bean extract. The chlorogenic acid may also have a laxative effect and cause diarrhea.
• Some people have gotten allergic reactions to green coffee beans. If you have known allergies to coffee then definitely avoid it.
• Green coffee has not been shown to be safe for pregnant or breastfeeding women and should not be consumed by children.
• There is currently no study that determines an optimal dosage for green coffee bean extract. However, the studies in the article above used dosages ranging from 120-300 mg of Chlorogenic acid.
• Depending on the concentration of Chlorogenic acid in your supplement, this can range from a dosage of 240-3000 mg of green coffee bean extract per day. A common recommendation is one serving, 30 minutes before each meal.