Learn more about the health benefits of chlorogenic acid, the active ingredient in green coffee

( Natural News ) People trying to lose weight opt for dietary supplements as they seem to be a safer and more effective alternative to prescription weight loss drugs. Green coffee bean extract, the less processed version of coffee, is commonly used for this purpose. Green coffee beans are raw, unroasted coffee beans . The beans contain many bioactive compounds, including chlorogenic acid and caffeine. Chlorogenic acid is the main component of green coffee beans, and most of it is removed when the beans are roasted. It is said to be responsible for green coffee’s weight loss effects . In a study published in the Journal of Medicinal Food , researchers looked at how much chlorogenic acid and caffeine there are in green coffee bean products. Researchers from the University of Scranton and Marywood University developed high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) to provide a simple, inexpensive method of analyzing 54 commercially available extracts of green coffee beans. The researchers measured both chlorogenic acid and caffeine using 5-chloroquinic acid as the standard and published extinction coefficients for the other monomeric and dimeric chlorogenic acids present. The average labeled dose of chlorogenic acid was 233?milligrams (mg), whereas the average calculated by HPLC analysis was only 157?mg. This suggested that the consumer is likely to get a little more than half of the reported label amount of chlorogenic acid in green coffee products. The researchers also found that green coffee products contain zero to 17 percent of caffeine. Based on marketing literature, 50 percent chlorogenic acid content is the gold standard of green coffee bean products. However, based on this value, only 28 percent of the commercial products studied met this goal. Discover how to prevent and reverse heart disease (and other cardio related events) with this free ebook : Written by popular […]

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