Green Coffee Bean Extract
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What’s the Deal with Green Coffee Bean Extract?
Throughout my career, I’ve seen dozens of “hot” weight-loss supplements come and go, including bitter orange, chromium picolinate, CLA, hoodia, yerba mate, raspberry ketones, and now green coffee bean extract. Each has been touted as an effortless way to shed pounds, by either boosting metabolism, mobilizing body fat, or suppressing appetite. But as a health professional, it’s my job to be skeptical and ask the tough questions, such as does it really work, where’s the proof, and, above all, is it safe?
You may have seen green coffee extract at Starbucks, promoted as a natural energy source with no coffee flavor. It was also featured recently on The Dr. Oz Show. On his program, the…
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Dr. Oz and Green Coffee Beans – More Weight Loss Pseudoscience
I can’t keep up with Dr. Oz. Just when I thought the latest weight loss miracle was raspberry ketone, along comes another weight loss panacea. This time, it’s green coffee beans.
Bought green coffee extract? You might be eligible for a refund
Consumers who bought phony green coffee weight-loss pills have another chance at a refund. The Federal Trade Commission is sending out checks to 38,000 people who bought green coffee extract in retail stores, a couple of years after it settled a case against two companies that aggressively marketed the product as a weight-loss supplement.
Can Green Coffee Bean Help You Lose Weight?
Does green coffee extract actually promote weight loss? There haven’t been a lot of studies on chlorogenic acids and their effectiveness as weight loss supplements. A review of human studies did show that green coffee extract may have the potential to help with weight loss. But the documented effects on weight loss were small, and the studies weren’t long term. The studies were also poorly designed. So, there isn’t enough evidence to say that the supplements are effective or safe. More research is needed.
Dr. Oz Tries To Do Science: The Green Coffee Bean Experiment
Maybe Dr. Oz's science experiment was better than the Vinson study. But that doesn't mean it was any good. First off, Oz seems to have ignored some critical rules on how to run a experiment involving humans. As Scott Gavura pointed out at the Science-Based Medicine blog, Oz's study "makes a mockery of good research methodology."
Green coffee means more green for Dr. Oz, but considerably less for the company that sold the junk
As you well know, at ACSH, our job is to talk about and reveal junk science. This is usually not especially difficult, since the same set of errors that make junk science junk appear over and over.
Paper Behind The Green Coffee Bean Diet Craze Retracted
The "scientific" paper that helped ignite the green coffee bean diet craze has been retracted. The details of the retraction and the full background of the story were fully reported by Ivan Oransky on Retraction Watch.
Senators to Dr. Oz: Stop Promising Weight-Loss Miracles
A Senate subcommittee told Dr. Mehmet Oz to quit making unfounded claims about "miracle" dietary supplements—because he is feeding a sordid, under-regulated industry and a misguided culture of shortcuts.
The Use of Green Coffee Extract as a Weight Loss Supplement: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Clinical Trials
It is concluded that the results from these trials are promising, but the studies are all of poor methodological quality. More rigorous trials are needed to assess the usefulness of GCE as a weight loss tool.
What’s the Deal with Green Coffee Bean Extract?
After reviewing the research as well as the risks, it seems like the cons outweigh the pros here, at least for now. And at about $20 per 30-day supply, you could invest in other weight-loss strategies that get my thumbs up, such as taking a fun fitness class or buying more fresh fruits and veggies!
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