GREGORY CHANDLER--GREEN COFFEE BEAN

Researchers conducted a 22-week crossover study to examine the safety and efficacy of a green coffee bean extract product at reducing weight and body mass in 16 overweight adults.  Subjects received high-dose [1050 mg], low-dose [700 mg], or placebo in separate six-week treatment periods followed by two-week washout treatment periods to reduce any influence of preceding treatment. 

Researchers found significant reductions in body weight, body mass index, and percent body fat, as well as a small decrease in heart rate, but with no significant changes to diet over the course of the study.

Body mass index for six subjects shifted from preobesity to the normal weight range. The results suggest that green coffee bean extract may be an effective nutraceutical in reducing weight in preobese adults, and may be an inexpensive means of preventing obesity in overweight adults. 


GREGORY CHANDLER, Attorney at Law