Chlorogenic acid
PhytochemicalThe most abundant antioxidant in coffee beans; enhances autophagy. Destroyed by dark roasting and found in extremely low levels in Starbucks coffee.
Food Sources
Foods that contain Chlorogenic acid.
- Coffee
Source: How Not to Age
- Brewed (paper-filtered) coffee
Brewed coffee has higher chlorogenic acid content than espresso due to longer contact time and greater volume. Freeze-drying and spray-drying for instant coffee don't significantly affect levels.
Source: How Not to Age
Health Benefits
Health conditions that Chlorogenic acid may influence, based on research.
Reduces Risk Of
- Type 2 diabetes
Chlorogenic acids from coffee beans, pears, apples have anti-diabetic, anti-carcinogenic, anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial effects
Source: Nutrition, Food and Diet in Ageing and Longevity
Biological Mechanisms
How Chlorogenic acid works at a cellular level.
- PromotesAutophagy
Able to enhance autophagy in cultured human cells.
- PromotesAntioxidant Defense
Chlorogenic acid exerts antioxidant and protective activities against cell stress and confers thermal stress tolerance and autophagy by the activation of HIF-1 mediated by HSF1
- PromotesAMPK activation
Recipes with Chlorogenic acid
Recipes featuring foods that contain Chlorogenic acid.
Sources
- How Not to Age
- Nutrition, Food and Diet in Ageing and Longevity
- Young Forever