Green Coffee Bean Extract - Weight Loss Aid or Fraud

Green Coffee Bean Extract has become all the rage among weight loss enthusiasts. Does it work? Is it just a new Fad? It's easy to determine if it works, you just have to look for some studies and see what they say. The should be double-blind studies so that the participants don't know if they are getting a placebo, or the real thing. Of course there is always Empirical Evidence, which is tantamount to user reviews. I take them more lightly, because what works for one person may not work for another. One person's results does not make the "Norm."

First of all, you should realize that the active ingredient of Green Coffee Beans does not come from a cup of Green Coffee. It is an extract from the unroasted coffee beans. They contain only a small amount of caffeine. The active ingredient is called "Chorogenic Acid."

Once the beans are roasted, the heat destroys the active ingredient used for weight loss.

This is a substance that is chock full of anti-oxidants.

So How Does Green Coffee Bean Extract Work?

With this extract, it's all about Glycemic Control, not using a stimulant to boost your metababolic rate. Clinical studies have examined all of the ingredients: Chlorogenic Acid, Lignans, Trigonelline, and Quinides. Each of these substituents are known to improve the metabolism of glucose. The main active ingredient, Chlorogenic Acid has been shown to have the ability to retard the absorption of fatty lipids from the foods you eat, while at the same time improving lipid breakdown.

What Studies Revealed

The studies I have reviewed have convinced me that this is the real thing, and I plan on including it in a new weight loss formula that I am developing. In a recent study that was published in the Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity Journal, a trusted medical journal, scientists recruited a group of non-obese adults, but who were overweight, to participate in a study using green coffee bean extract.

The researchers were astounded when the people that were given the green coffee bean extract lost an average of 18 pounds, and all without changing their eating habits. There are many other studies that exhibited equal or better results.

The Caveat About Buying This Extract

It makes the most sense to use a formula that is equal to what has been used successfully in studies. Researchers utilized a standardized extract from green coffee beans that contained at least 45% Chlorogenic Acid. You will be confronted by many brands on the market. Become a label reader, and make sure you see those words "Chlorogenic Acid" on the label, otherwise, stay away from it. This extract has not been approved for use by adolescents. Pregnant or breast-feeding women should not take Green Coffee Bean Extract.

I always caution my clients that just because they are talking about a weight loss ingredient on some TV Show does not mean it is the best thing since sliced bread. In this case, there are enough studies to give it credibility.


Steven A. Stanley has been in the Nutritional Supplement Industry for 30-years. He is a well known freelance writer, and a health supplement formulator. He recently released a new dietary supplement called Adjuvan7 which is the only formula to contain 7 of the top weight loss ingredients. He has capitalized on the theory of Synergism, where a combination of ingredients works together to make each individual ingredient more potent.

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