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Green coffee beans show potential for losing weight
From Latimes.com
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.
