Coffee bean extracts alleviate inflammation,
insulin resistance in mouse cells
When coffee beans are processed and roasted the husk and
silverskin of the bean are removed and unused, and often are left behind in
fields by coffee producers. There they are sitting in the fields, unused
and untested.
An improved remedy for diabetes? “A recent study, published
in Food and Chemical Toxicology, shows that when
fat cells of mice were treated
with water-based extracts from coffee beans skins, two phenolic
compounds—protocatechuic acid and gallic acid—in
particular reduced fat-induced inflammation in the cells and improved glucose
absorption and insulin sensitivity.”
The most unlikely cures come from the most unlikely
sources. And then, how many were missed when the view was toward something else?
Consider one hundred thousand untested substances and one hundred thousand
medical conditions. A full testing would involve ten billion studies. Too many
problems, too much research, too few researchers. Even in the ten centuries ahead.
What is needed is a general theory. Medical research desperately needs its own
Isaac Newton. Theory, yes. But even
unknown is the shape of such a theory.
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