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Green Coffee Beans
CCoffee is mainly produced from two out of over one hundred species in the Coffea genus, Coffea arabica and Coffea canephora that account for 99% of global coffee production. Coffee fruits, cherry-like, are harvested, processed via a dry or wet method, and converted to green coffee beans. The main components include TRG and CGA. Coffee consumption has many health-promoting effects such as decreasing the risk of type 2 diabetes, protecting essential organs like heart through antioxidative effects.
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Fenugreek Seeds
Fenugreek, Trigonella foenum-graecum, is an herbaceous and annual plant that produces fawn yellow to brown seeds. Fenugreek has been used as dietary component for health benefits and as a medicinal plant for more than 4,000 years. The main ingredients are steroidal saponins, alkaloids, mucilage, and fibers, in which the bioactive compounds include TRG and CGA. Fenegreek consumption has been reported with many health effects, for example, lower blood glucose level and help control diabetes.
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Trigonelline (TRG)
Trigonelline (1-methylpyridin-1-ium-3-carboxylate, TRG), a natural polar hydrophilic alkaloid, was first isolated from fenugreek seeds (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.), also found abundant in green coffee beans but low in roasted coffee. TRG has multi-facet effects, e.g., maintenance of glucose and lipid metabolic homeostasis, anti-inflammation, neuroprotection, neuromodulation, mitigation of cardiovascular disorders, skin diseases, diabetes, liver and kidney injuries, and anti-pathogen and anti-tumor activities.
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Chlorogenic acid (CGA)
Chlorogenic acids (CGAs), a group of phenolic esters of caffeic and ferulic acids, are found in many plants, fruits, and vegetables. Green coffee beans contain high concentration of CGA, but exposure to heat in the roasting process significantly decreases the CGA content. CGA exerts multi-dimensional functions, including neuroprotection, anti-inflammation, anti-oxidation, anti-pathogens, mitigation of cardiovascular disorders, skin diseases, diabetes, liver and kidney injuries, and anti-tumor activities.
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Healthy Aging
As stated by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “(h)ealthy aging is the process of maintaining good physical, mental, and social health and well-being as we grow older.” The truth is aging starts essentially at any age and very possibly early on in life. The key is to shift the paradigm and realize there are choices in the life that we have to help to stay healthy through a healthy aging process and live longer while healthy.