American chemists in green coffee beans have found some substances from the class of chlorogenic acids that can reduce to a certain extent glucose and other types of sugars in the blood of people with diabetes.. The new findings were presented at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans..

“The long-standing dream of all physicians is to create a pill that could simultaneously keep the proportion of blood sugar at an acceptable low level and help diabetics lose weight.. Our research, along with the work of some other colleagues, shows that we can still achieve this dream.. We found that green coffee bean extract reduces the risk of developing type 2 diabetes,” said Joe Vinson of the University of Scranton (USA)..

Vinson and colleagues came across a series of studies whose authors noticed that coffee drinkers suffered less from the effects of diabetes than other people.. So, in one of these scientific works it was said that the risk of developing diabetes was reduced by 50% by 2-3 cups of coffee per day.. Scientists became interested in this fact, deciding to study the chemical composition of coffee in order to uncover the secret of the beneficial effects of the drink..

The concentration of glucose in the blood, as it turned out, decreased under the influence of chlorogenic acids, which can often be found in fruits and vegetables.. In the drink itself, the amount of these acids is negligible, since most of their molecules break down when coffee beans are roasted.. Vinson and his colleagues then suggested that the extract from green coffee beans would have a much stronger effect on the body of diabetics..

To test this hypothesis, the scientists put together a group of several diabetic volunteers who took coffee extract pills daily.. The theory of chemists was confirmed - the subjects lost weight in 22 weeks of the experiment by an average of 10%, and their blood glucose levels were reduced by 22-30%. This allows, according to the researchers, to hope that drugs based on chlorogenic acids will be able to make life easier for all diabetics in the world in the near future..

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