CoffeeSlender: Weight Loss Coffee?
The Norwegian coffee drink has become one of the fastest selling weight loss products in Scandinavia - and even has a number of clinical trials to back up its claims.
The Coffee Slender drink is essentially an instant coffee that contains 200mg of Svetol per sachet. Svetol is an extract from green Robusta coffee bean (Robusta is a species of coffee (caffea) plant). Svetol has been available as a dietary supplement since 2002.
This extract is based on green coffee beans and through advanced methods of extraction is concentrated and purified.
Svetol contains large amounts of active ingrediaents. Medical studies show that use of CoffeeSlender results in reduced
blood glucose and weight reduction.
Since that time a number of studies apparently show that Svetol helps regulate blood glucose levels, and spurs weight loss.
The people at CoffeeSlender claim that CoffeeSlender "can help you lose around twice as much weight compared to dieting alone."
Will this become the next major fad supplement?
Forgo the after-workout massage for a cup o' joe? Moderate doses of caffeine - the equivalent of two cups of coffee - can cut post-gym muscle pain, suggests a new but small study.
The findings have particular relevance for people new to exercise, since they tend to experience the most soreness.
"If you can use caffeine to reduce the pain, it may make it easier to transition from that first week into a much longer exercise program," said lead researcher Victor Maridakis of the University of Georgia.
Maridakis and his colleagues studied nine female college students who were not regular caffeine and coffee drinkers didn't exercise on a regular basis. One and two days after an exercise session that caused moderate muscle soreness, the participants took either caffeine or a placebo. Then they completed two thigh exercises, one requiring maximum muscle effort, the other sub-maximal effort.
Those who consumed caffeine one hour before the maximum force test had a 48 percent reduction in pain compared with the placebo group. Students who took caffeine before the near-maximum force test showed a 26 percent reduction in soreness.
Anyone who has needed a pick-me-up knows caffeine can increase alertness. Past studies have shown it also boosts endurance, and one experiment found caffeine reduces pain during moderate-intensity cycling.
The researchers suggest the caffeine likely works by blocking the body's receptors for adenosine, a chemical released in response to inflammation.
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