Thursday, July 10, 2014

Green coffee bean, The skinny on losing weight with Green coffee beans.

Green coffee bean are the unroasted seeds of Coffee fruits (1). If dried, roasted and brewed, they become a regular cup of coffee, which itself has been shown in studies to do the body good due to its high levels of antioxidants. However, drinking a cup of coffee will not provide the same weight-loss benefits that green coffee bean extract will; it doesn't contain enough of its active component, chlorogenic acid.
The Green Coffee Bean is really a berry. A coffee bean is a seed of the coffee plant, and is the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit often referred to as a cherry. Even though they are seeds.

Multiple studies have tested the efficacy of green coffee bean for weight loss. In a recent 22-week crossover study, 16 overweight adults were divided into three groups. Each group took either 1,050 mg or 700 mg of green coffee extract or placebo for six weeks. After a two-week washout period, they then switched dosages. The process was then repeated, so by the end of the 22-week period, each group had taken the high dose, low dose and placebo for six weeks. Despite no significant changes in diet, individuals lost an average of 17.6 pounds and 4.44% of their body fat. Most importantly, these decreases occurred while taking the green coffee extract, not the placebo (5).
Scientists are also studying other possible benefits of chlorogenic acid - it may also improve your mood. In the journal "Psychopharmacology", a study was published in 2012 suggesting caffeinated coffee enriched
with chlorogenic acid and decaffeinated coffee enriched with a high amount of chlorogenic acid positively affected the mood and cognition of healthy elderly people although, decaffeinated coffee enriched with a
regular amount of chlorogenic acid did not have significant effects.In addition to the direct benefits of the chlorogenic acid you will also enjoy better energy levels because the fats that your body needs for
daily energy will function much better so that you will store less of these.Some recent research has suggested chlorogenic acid may improve retinal health.
Green coffee bean may also contribute to mental health. In a double-blind, crossover study, 39 participants drank the equivalent of three cups of either caffeinated coffee, decaffeinated coffee, decaffeinated coffee enhanced with chlorogenic acid or placebo. Though regular decaffeinated coffee showed no positive effect on mood, both the caffeinated and decaffeinated coffees enhanced with chlorogenic acid improved the participants’ moods and attention processes (9). Thus, chlorogenic acid may have positive behavioral effects, warranting further investigation.