STUDY 1:

Darryn Willoughby, Ph.D., Baylor University, Waco TX

Conference

Presented as an abstract at the ISSN Conference, June 2005 in New Orleans

Product

Coffee Blend in South Beach Java Extreme Energy Blend (hereinafter referred to as "SOBEENERGY".

Ingredients

Ground coffee, green tea extract with EGCG (50% polyphenols, 37.5% catechins), garcinia cambogia (50% HCA), niacin (19 mg)

Design

Double-blind, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial

Subject Specs

N =10 (male = 5; 26 yr, 213 lbs, 72 inches; female = 5, 29 yr, 142 lbs, 66 inches); recreationally active regular coffee drinkers

Dosage

1.5 tbsp (354 ml of SOBEENERGY versus Regular Folgers)

Results

Energy expenditure (i.e. metabolic rate) increased significantly after consuming SOBEENERGY (12.1% in males and 17.9% in females; mean = 14.4%); the Folgers group decreased by -5.7%.

Summary

The results of this study show that SOBEENERGY is effective at increase resting energy expenditure in both male and female regular coffee drinkers for up to 3 hours post-ingestion; regular coffee showed no effect. Also, no adverse events were noted.

Comments

Using the 'gold' standard of clinical trials (double blind, placebo controlled, cross-over), we demonstrated that South Beach Java Extreme Energy Blend consumption enhances metabolic rate significantly and is safe. This paper is currently being written as full scientific manuscript by Dr. Darryn Willoughby