Green coffee beans show potential for losing weight

Orlando Slantinel ^ | 03.27.2012 | Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times

[Prov1322]

When roasted at 475 degrees, coffee beans are sometimes described as rich and full-bodied. But for the full-bodied person who is not so rich, unroasted coffee beans — green as the day they were picked — may hold the key to cheap and effective weight loss, new research suggests.

In a study presented Tuesday at the American Chemical Society's spring national meeting in San Diego, 16 overweight young adults took, by turns, a low dose of green coffee bean extract, a high dose of the supplement, and a placebo. Though the study was small, the results were striking: Subjects lost an average of 17.5 pounds in 22 weeks and reduced their overall body weight by 10.5%.

If green coffee extract were a medication seeking approval from the Food and Drug Administration, these results would make it a viable candidate — more than 35% of subjects lost more than 5% of their body weight, and weight loss appeared to be greater while subjects were taking the pills than when they were on the placebo.

But as a dietary supplement, green coffee extract does not require the FDA's blessing. In fact, it is already available as a naturopathic medicine and antioxidant.

[moovova]

Simply biting into one causes the mouth to draw up tighter than a rusty bumper bolt making eating impossible.

Brings to mind memories of youth...a large, gnarled persimmon tree in the woods behind the neighborhood. Many neighborhood-kid dares were issued to bite into those green ones. Of course, it was also a pleasure to visit the tree when they were ripened and "just right".

[Excellence]

and red wine

[CatherineofAragon]

Thanks :)

[lonevoice]

Coffee and chocolate...the breakfast of champions.

[Moonman62]

From the article:

The trial was conducted in India and paid for by Applied Food Sciences Inc. of Austin, Tex., a manufacturer of green coffee bean extract.

[camle]

“Green coffee beans show potential for losing weight

so who wants a skinny coffee bean?

[GBA]

Given all the warnings about potential food shortages in the very near future, maybe carrying a little extra fat is a good, evolutionarily smart idea, at least until this progressive/socialist revolution thing is over and we get back to prosperity and freedom again.

Mass starvation is a very effective diet and carrying an extra 10-20 lbs might mean you survive until you get to eat again.

The obama diet? Hoard and eat like you won't see food again.

[count-your-change]

Nothing like the wild ones for flavor. The other treat I used to find was the paw-paw. Nothing like it!