Coffee

Coffee contains the protective polyphenol, Chlorogenic Acid, but most drinkers experience detoxification symptoms on a daily basis when the caffeine buzz starts to wear off; instead of going for another cup, we reach for snacks. This usually hits us hard in the late afternoon, sometime between lunch and dinner. This is when healthy diets that include coffee take a nosedive right into the candy bowl, vending machine or cookie jar. This emergency junk food binge then sends us into the evening feeling moody, miserable and challenged with raging cravings.

Cut coffee out of your routine to balance your energy level and even your mood. A coffee-free diet will eliminate dependency, cravings, and the crash caused by daily consumption and caffeine withdrawals. Join us in PD-Ed for tips and support. I include an occasional home-brewed or freeze-dried afternoon cup of black organic light to medium-roast coffee as a protective pick-me-up. I am not encouraging those who do not drink coffee or are caffeine-sensitive to consume it. I am simply serving you the information.

Chlorogenic Acid:

• This protective polyphenol is highest in green or light roast coffee. CGA offers coffee an appealing flavor and body with foam. The highest content is in freeze dried coffee measuring higher than coffee extract used for supplementation. Freeze dried coffee at 4.075 and coffee extract at only .826
  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772275922000090
  Chlorogenic acid (CGA) is a quinic acid conjugate of caffeic acid. It is an ester formed between caffeic acid and the 3-hydroxyl of L-quinic acid. This polyphenol is naturally present in substantial amounts in the green coffee beans. Minor quantities of CGA are also reported in apples, eggplant, blueberries, tomatoes, strawberries and potatoes. CGA is reported to be beneficial in hypertension, hyperglycemia, antimicrobial, antitumor, memory enhancer, weight management etc. Further, it is also reported to have anticancer, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. Since the last decade, CGA drew public attention for its widely recommended use as a medicine or natural food additive supplement for the management of obesity. The current review explores the medicinal promises of CGA and emphasizes on its antiobese property as reported by various scientific reports and publication. Conclusion: CGA shows promises as an antioxidant, glycemic control agent, anti-hypertensive, antiinflammatory, antimicrobial, neuro-protective and anti-obesity agent. It primarily activates the AMPactivated protein kinase, inhibits 3-hydroxy 3-methylglutaryl coenzyme-A reductase and strengthens the activity of carnitine palmitoyltransferase to control obesity. 

  Freeze dried organic coffee as stated above has more CGA than supplemental coffee extracts.
  You may have heard of Gerson Cancer Therapy, which incorporates green coffee enemas for cancer treatment. The recent research confirming high levels of protective CGA explains the unexplained cancer cures in 1928 with the incorporation of Max Gerson’s therapies. Dr. Max Gerson was ahead of his time in using polyphenol protection, and he was featured in the documentary The Gerson Miracle.

  Chlorogenic acid (CGA), an important biologically active dietary polyphenol, is produced by certain plant species and is a major component of coffee. Reduction in the risk of a variety of diseases following CGA consumption has been mentioned in recent basic and clinical research studies. This systematic review discusses in vivo animal and human studies of the physiological and biochemical effects of chlorogenic acids (CGAs) on biomarkers of chronic disease. We searched PubMed, Embase, Amed and Scopus using the following search terms: (“chlorogenic acid” OR “green coffee bean extract”) AND (human OR animal) (last performed on April 1st, 2015) for relevant literature on the in vivo effects of CGAs in animal and human models, including clinical trials on cardiovascular, metabolic, cancerogenic, neurological and other functions. After exclusion of editorials and letters, uncontrolled observations, duplicate and not relevant publications the remaining 94 studies have been reviewed. The biological properties of CGA in addition to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects have recently been reported. It is postulated that CGA is able to exert pivotal roles on glucose and lipid metabolism regulation and on the related disorders, e.g. diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), obesity, cancer, and hepatic steatosis (fatty liver). The wide range of potential health benefits of CGA, including its anti-diabetic, anti-carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory and anti-obesity impacts, may provide a non pharmacological and non-invasive approach for treatment or prevention of some chronic diseases.
  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28391515/