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