Bangalore, India (PRWEB) February 02, 2012
The World Health Organization predicts there will be 2.3 billion overweight adults in the world by 2015, and more than 700 million of them will be obese.
Worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980. In 2008, 1.5 billion adults, 20 years of age and older, were overweight (World Health Organization (WHO). Fact Sheet 311. Geneva: WHO; 2011).
With the high cost of prescription weight loss drugs and the fear of side effects, the general public is turning to nutraceuticals. One promising nutraceutical provided by Applied Food Sciences, Inc. out of Austin, TX is green coffee extract, which contains high concentrations of chlorogenic acids that are known to have health benefits and to influence glucose and fat metabolism.
A 22-week crossover study was conducted to examine the efficacy and safety of a commercial green coffee extract product GCA
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