Forskning

April 9, 2018

Consumption of green coffee and the risk of chronic diseases

N Sanlier et al, 2018. Consumption of green coffee and the risk of chronic diseases, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, published online.

ABSTRACT:

Green coffee contains macro nutrients such as carbohydrates, protein, fat, as well as minor components such as caffeine, trigonelin and chlorogenic acid. Phenolics, chlorogenic acids and brown pigments are sources of natural antioxidants. High polyphenolic materials found in green coffee and especially chlorogenic acid in it have an important place. It is considered that; green coffee has effects on body mass, blood glucose and lipid levels, blood pressure, prevention from cardiovascular diseases which is based on chlorogenic acid consisting antioxidant activity. However, many topics like toxicological effects, doses, amounts, usage in the body, advantages and disadvantages, etc. of these active molecules need to be examined. For these reasons this article was reviewed to evaluate health effects of green coffee.