Green Coffee

Other Names: Arabica Green Coffee Beans, Café Verde, Coffea arabica, Coffea canephora, Coffea robusta, Coffea bukobensis, Coffea liberica, Coffea arnoldiana, GCBE, GCE, Green Coffee Beans, Green Coffee Bean Extract, Green Coffee Extract, Green Coffee Powder, Raw Coffee, Raw Coffee Extract, Robusta Green Coffee Beans.
Green coffee is a term that refers to raw, unroasted coffee beans. Green coffee contains chlorogenic acid, an antioxidant substance that breaks down when coffee beans are roasted. Some research suggests that chlorogenic acid may be responsible for the health effects of consuming green coffee.Since coffee's distinctive aroma and flavor is developed during the roasting process, green coffee beans tend to lack aroma and bear a slightly bitter flavor.
See also :

• Coffeeberry
• Coffee
• Chlorogenic Acid

Special Precautions of Green Coffee

• Although drinking green coffee is generally considered safe, there's some concern that long-term consumption of green coffee may increase levels of homocysteine (an amino acid linked to heart disease when it occurs at elevated levels). Additionally, green coffee may interfere with blood sugar control. Given these health concerns, it's important to seek medical advice prior to consuming green coffee in the long term.
• Caffeine can cause insomnia, nervousness and restlessness, stomach upset, nausea and vomiting, increased heart and breathing rate, and other side effects. Consuming large amounts of coffee might also cause headache, anxiety, agitation, ringing in the ears, and irregular heartbeats.
• Pregnancy and breast-feeding: There is not enough information to know if green coffee is safe during pregnancy or breast-feeding. Avoid using it to be on the safe side.
• Anxiety disorders: The caffeine in green coffee might make anxiety worse.
• Bleeding disorders: There is some concern that the caffeine in green coffee might make bleeding disorders worse.
• Diabetes: Some research suggests that caffeine contained in green coffee might change the way people with diabetes process sugar. Caffeine has been reported to cause increases as well as decreases in blood sugar. Use caffeine with caution if you have diabetes and monitor your blood sugar carefully.
• Diarrhea: Green coffee contains caffeine. The caffeine in coffee, especially when taken in large amounts, can worsen diarrhea.
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS): Green coffee contains caffeine. The caffeine in coffee, especially when taken in large amounts, can worsen diarrhea and might worsen symptoms of IBS.
• Glaucoma: Taking caffeine which is contained in green coffee can increases pressure inside the eye. The increase starts within 30 minutes and lasts for at least 90 minutes.
• High blood pressure: Taking caffeine found in green coffee might increase blood pressure in people with high blood pressure. However, this effect might be less in people who consume caffeine from coffee or other sources regularly.
• Thinning bones (osteoporosis): Caffeine from green coffee and other sources can increase the amount of calcium that is flushed out in the urine. This might weaken bones. If you have osteoporosis, limit caffeine consumption to less than 300 mg per day (approximately 2-3 cups of regular coffee). Taking calcium supplements may help to make up for calcium that is lost. Postmenopausal women who have an inherited condition that keeps them from processing vitamin D normally, should be especially cautious when using caffeine.

The benefits of Green Coffee are

Proponents claim that green coffee (or green coffee extract) can offer a variety of health benefits :

• Green Coffee and Weight Loss : Green coffee extract may be somewhat beneficial to those trying to lose weight, according to a 2011 research review published in Gastroenterology Research and Practice. For the review, investigators focused on the available clinical trials testing green coffee extract's efficacy as a weight loss supplement.Looking at data from the three clinical trials that met their criteria, the investigators found that green coffee extract was significantly more effective than placebo in lowering participants' body weight. However, the authors caution that most of the reviewed studies were of poor quality and that more research is needed before green coffee extract can be recommended for weight loss.In preliminary research on animals (including a 2006 study from BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine), scientists have demonstrated that green coffee extract may protect against weight gain by fighting fat absorption and promoting the liver's metabolism of fat.
• Green Coffee and High Blood Pressure : Green Coffee helps protect your body’s natural supply of nitric oxide so your blood vessels can “open wide” and keep your blood pressure right.
• Green Coffee and Alzheimer's Disease : In a 2012 study from Nutritional Neuroscience, tests on mice revealed that decaffeinated green coffee extract helped protect against impaired energy metabolism in the brain (a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease). In addition, the study found that green coffee extract helped fight insulin resistance.

Green coffee is also purported to prevent or treat the following health problems:

• colorectal cancer
• diabetes : one of the ways chlorogenic acid reduces blood glucose levels is by inhibiting its absorption in the small intestine.
• heart disease
• metabolic syndrome
• obesity
• Parkinson's disease
• Green coffee is also said to promote weight loss, reduce inflammation, and slow the aging process.

Main Combinations

• Overweight, fat accumulation : Cocoa beans + orthosiphon + Green Tea (or Mate Tea) + Green Coffee
• Excessive food : Green Coffee + Konjac + Mate
• Cellulite : Green Coffee + Pineapple + Wine Pomace
• Smoking : Green Coffee + Valerian
• Pollution : Green Coffee + Goji Berry
• Big appetite : Konjac + Bladderwrack + Green Coffee