| Green coffee beans have supplied a new
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| | body burn a higher proportion of lipids
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| player in the antioxidant arena. An
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| | (fats) compared to carbohydrates, which
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| extract of green coffee beans has been
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| | could help with muscle fatigue for
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| found to have a stronger antioxidant
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| | athletes and bodybuilders.
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| effect than established antioxidants like
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| | Interestingly, on the subject of caffeine
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| green tea and grape seed extract.
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| | and liver disease, further studies have
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| The active constituent in coffee that is
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| | indicated it may in fact support liver
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| responsible for its many health benefits
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| | health for some people. Those who were at
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| is a compound called chlorogenic acid. It
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| | high risk of developing liver disease due
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| neutralizes free radicals, and addresses
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| | to drinking too much alcohol were found
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| the problem of hydroxyl radicals, both of
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| | less likely to suffer liver damage if
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| which can lead to cellular degeneration
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| | they drank more than two cups of coffee
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| if left unchecked. Chlorogenic acid also
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| | or tea a day. This was a population based
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| helps regulate metabolism. Compared to
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| | study, not a clinical trial, and so is
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| green tea and grape seed extract, green
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| | not conclusive on the subject. But it
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| coffee bean extract is twice as effective
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| | does offer some promising information.
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| in absorbing oxygen free radicals.
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| | Those drinking in excess of two cups or
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| One of the advantages of using the green
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| | more a day were half as likely to develop
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| coffee bean extract is that the negative
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| | liver disease compared to those drinking
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| effects of coffee are avoided. The
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| | less than one cup a day. Researchers do
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| chlorogenic acid is thought to boost
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| | not know what caused this protective
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| metabolism by changing the way glucose is
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| | effect.
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| taken up by the body. And it does contain
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| | One of the criticisms of coffee in
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| caffeic acids, which give a boost to
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| | regards to health is that it leaches
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| energy levels like regular coffee does.
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| | calcium from the bones. But this effect
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| But unlike boiled coffee, green coffee
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| | has been found to be overemphasized, at
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| bean extract contains no cafestol, which
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| | least in children. And adults who consume
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| is a diterpene. Along with its diterpene
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| | a diet with sufficient levels of calcium
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| relative kahweol, cafestol increases
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| | will be protected from the small amount
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| concentrations of the 'bad' cholesterol,
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| | of calcium that is lost due to coffee
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| LDL, to levels that over a lifetime might
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| | consumption.
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| increase the risk of coronary heart
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| | So the old axiom that caffeine can stunt
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| disease by as much as 20% These
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| | a child's growth is a myth. It was based
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| diterpenes also had an effect on the
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| | on the fact that in older studies,
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| levels of liver enzymes measured. When
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| | caffeine was associated with low bone
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| these are elevated it is an indicator of
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| | mass because those studies were done on
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| stress on the liver. However the study
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| | elderly people who both drank a lot of
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| that measured this found this was a
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| | coffee and had diets that were low in
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| transient effect, and also that the
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| | calcium. Recent studies in the US
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| levels of liver enzymes were much lower
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| | followed 80 teenagers over 6 years, and
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| than those with liver disease.
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| | found no difference in the bone density
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| As a side note on the health effect of
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| | of those with a high level of caffeine in
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| the diterpenes found in regular coffee,
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| | their diet, compared to those teenagers
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| it was found that by simply drinking
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| | who had little caffeine. Other studies
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| filter coffee, none of these effects on
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| | determined that the amount of calcium
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| cholesterol levels or the liver took
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| | lost from bones is small and can be
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| place. The coffee filter removed the
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| | balanced by having sufficient calcium in
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| offending diterpenes. And levels of these
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| | your diet.
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| diterpenes in instant coffee are low.
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| | References: Australian Healthy Food
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| Other benefits of green coffee bean
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| | Magazine, January.nutraingredients.com
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| extract include an increase in the
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| | news
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| effectiveness of pain killers, especially
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| | ng.asp?n=643516&m=1FSND06&idP=2&c=qgtqmov
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| for migraine medications; a reduction in
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| | byiaxdubsciencenews.org/pages/sn_arch
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| the risk of diabetes; and assisting the
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