Benefits of Green Coffee Beans

Green coffee beans are unroasted coffee beans. Coffee beans are naturally green, but the roasting process turns them brown.

Coffee beans are rich in antioxidants and other pharmacologically active compounds. Researchers believe that chlorogenic acids and caffeine are responsible for many of the health benefits people associate with green coffee beans.

Chlorogenic acids have many possible health effects, according to review studies, including:

antioxidant
anti-inflammatory
antihypertensive
They may also help protect the heart and liver.
Lose weight

Because of the chemical changes during roasting, coffee beans have some different effects on the body when roasted or unroasted.

Several studies and reviews have shown that green coffee bean extract may help people lose weight.

In a 2017 study on females with obesity, taking 400 mg of green coffee bean extract for 8 weeks, along with an energy-restricted diet, resulted in more weight loss than following an energy-restricted diet alone.

Those who took the extract also had reduced total cholesterol, LDL (bad) cholesterol, and free fatty acids. The researchers found that this intervention affected the break down of fat in the body, which may help people control their weight.

Research from 2020 agrees that green coffee bean extract may improve biomarkers, including the following:

reduced total cholesterol
reduced LDL cholesterol levels, although, it also decreased HDL (good) cholesterol
a modest, nonsignificant effect on triglycerides levels