A beneficial component in coffee called chlorogenic acid is especially high in green coffee bean extract products promoted to assist in weight loss. A study using a special strain of obese laboratory mice to simulate humans found that mice fed a high-fat diet gained the same amount of weight whether they were supplemented with chlorogenic acid or not. However, the mice getting chlorogenic acid were more likely to develop metabolic changes that lead to type 2 diabetes and they accumulated more fat inside the cells in their livers.
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Lab Experiments Question Effectiveness of Green Coffee Bean Weight-Loss Supplements
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J. Agric. Food Chem., 2013, 61 (18), pp 4371–4378.
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