Green Coffee Bean Extract…Hoax Or Hex?

Recently, there has been a good deal of hype over green coffee bean extract as an aid to weight loss. Featured on the Dr. Oz show and the Doctors, complete with overwhelming research, double-blind studies and some pretty impressive results in very overweight/obese persons of both sexes when combined with diet and exercise, my interest was immediately piqued. Green coffee bean extract comes from unroasted coffee beans and the active ingredient is chlorogenic acid.

English: Coffee berries Polski: Owoce kawy (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

It is extremely important that you buy only green coffee bean extract that contains 50% GCA or Svetol. Beware of products containing extra ingredients, binders, fillers, artificial colors or preservatives. Purchase only 100% pure contents in a vegetarian capsule.

Green coffee bean extract inhibits the release of glucose in the body while increasing liver metabolism or fat burning in the liver. These two actions effectively tell the body to stop storing and start burning fat for energy. Most people do not realize that salad greens, cruciferous vegetables and even vegetables that are rather bitter to the taste like dandelion, kale and chard contain glucose! So avoiding ALL carbohydrate is virtually impossible and even undesirable. But do remember that excess glucose consumption inevitably lead to belly fat and excess fatty deposits around the hips, thighs and butt in the form of cellulite.

So, we try to stop our bodies from converting glucose to fat or we try to burn and pump out fat that already exists in the body. Green coffee bean extract does both. However, as with garcinia cambogia, do not expect to lose 100 pounds overnight.
It is reasonable to expect an added 10 lbs weight loss in 4 weeks. Do however watch for false claims in advertising and be sure that whatever green coffee bean extract you use is prepared in an FDA registered lab, that the facility is GMP certified and that it complies with USP standards. The usual dose is one 400 mg capsules 1/2 hour before meals with a large glass of water.
What would Dr. Atkins think of these recent weight loss aids? Would he approve or disapprove? Well, let us take a look at this question…see my next post…..