Green coffee beans and the various versions they come in had become the hot new weight loss supplement that’s in everyone’s cups and on everyone’s lips after celebrity television doctor, Dr Oz, called green coffee a “miracle pill” and then got shamed in front of the US Congress for saying so. But green coffee beans just don’t seem to go away! But does it work?

Dig Deeper:

Congress Vs Dr Oz: https://youtu.be/kgApDJwc4Ow

Science Based Medicine: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/lessons-from-the-dubious-rise-and-inevitable-fall-of-green-coffee-beans/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2943088/

The Doctors: https://youtu.be/5OlrwOEFQew

John Oliver on Last Week Tonight: https://youtu.be/WA0wKeokWUU

The Vinson Trial: https://www.dovepress.com/randomized-double-blind-placebo-controlled-linear-dose-crossover-study-peer-reviewed-article-DMSO

https://www.livestrong.com/article/489309-is-white-kidney-bean-extract-good-for-weight-loss/

https://examine.com/supplements/white-kidney-bean-extract/

Intro and outro music: Don't Stop performed by Nothing More, from their album, The Stories We Tell Ourselves. The sound clips have been used with their permission.

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