Green+Coffee

=Green Coffee Extract = "This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease."

=Definition:= "Said to aid in weight loss, green coffee extract is from the average coffee bean but is from the pre roasted, post concentrated form" (Sass, 2012) "Green coffee beans are coffee beans that have not been roasted. Roasting green coffee beans not only changes the color of the coffee beans but also removes a compound called chlorogenic acid. It’s chlorogenic acid that is at the heart of green coffee bean weight loss claims. Chlorogenic acid disrupts an enzyme called **glucose-6-phosphatase**, which is involved in how the body used glucose (sugar)." (Cannon, 2012)

=Sources:= Green coffee extract is obviously only extracted from unroasted (green) coffee beans. BUT the compound that is claimed to aid in the weight loss (chlorogenic acid) is also found naturally in other foods such as; (Cannon, 2012)
 * Prunes
 * Peaches
 * Bamboo
 * Tea
 * Blueberries
 * Sunflower seeds

=Recommendations:= This is a weight loss promoting product, so it could be recommended to people as a possible aid in healthy weight loss, with diet and exercise. Green Coffee Extract is shown to be possibly effective in overweight untrained individuals (Onakpoya, Terry, and Ernst, 2011) And according to Kozuma, Tsuchiya, Kohori, Hase and Tokimitsu (2005) GCE has potential to decrease hypertension in people with mild hypertension when paired with a certain diet. -Not recommended for persons who under the age of 18 or who are pregnant.

=Usage:= Tablet, chew, drops Most products are around 200-800mg/serving 1-2 servings per day Should be taken with a meal =Side Effects:= Little to no side effects have been noted from taking Green coffee alone. It does contain caffeine, so if people do not normally consume caffeine they may experience side effects from that. Negative side effects are more likely to occur if a person is taking a different weight loss supplement that green coffee is just an ingredient in. = = =Rankings:= Effectiveness 1/5 There is very little evidence that green coffee by itself aids in weight loss. Safety 4/5 No noteworthy side effects are associated with just green coffee.

Cost 3/5
In form of tablet prices range from $0.15/serving to $0.50/serving Chews ~ $0.60/serving Drops ~$0.80/serving Ease of use 3/5 Its easy to take, but you need to take it with food and depending on how many times you need to take it per day could get annoying.

Total Ranking: 11/20
Because there is very little evidence of GCE actually being effective, I would not spend my money on it.

=References:= Cannon, J. (2012, July 21). Green Coffee Beans and Weight Loss a Critical Review. Retrieved January 9, 2015, from http://supplement-geek.com/green-coffee-bean-weight-loss-review/

Kozuma, K., Tsuchiya, S., Kohori, J., Hase, T., & Tokimitsu, I. (2005). Antihypertensice Effect of Green Coffee Bean Extract on Mildly Hypertensive Subjects. //Hypertension Research,// //28//, 711-718. Retrieved January 16, 2015, from http://www.nature.com/hr/journal/v28/n9/abs/hr200591a.html

Igho Onakpoya, Rohini Terry, and Edzard Ernst, “The Use of Green Coffee Extract as a Weight Loss Supplement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Clinical Trials,” //Gastroenterology Research and Practice//, vol. 2011, Article ID 382852, 6 pages, 2011. doi:10.1155/2011/382852

Sass, C. (2012, September 13). What’s the Deal with Green Coffee Bean Extract? Retrieved January 8, 2015, from http://www.shape.com/blogs/weight-loss-coach/whats-deal-green-coffee-bean-extract