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From Vitacost's website: Vitacost Green Tea Extract Green Tea Extract (leaf) standardized to 98% polyphenols (490 mg), 80% catechins (400 mg), 50% epigallocat
by flarex 8y ago
From Vitacost's website:
Vitacost Green Tea Extract
Green Tea Extract (leaf) standardized to 98% polyphenols (490 mg), 80% catechins (400 mg), 50% epigallocatechin-3P-gallate (EGCG)(250 mg)
Amount Per Serving: 500mg
https://www.vitacost.com/vitacost-green-tea-extract-standardized https://www.vitacost.com/vitacost-green-tea-extract-standard...
- flarex 8y agoStudy on the effects of EGCG on diabetic mice: https://www.nature.com/articles/srep40617 https://www.nature.com/articles/srep40617 "In conclusion, despite of its well known favorable effects, EGCG could paradoxically exhibit nephro-toxic effect in the presence of diabetes"
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoSeems especially dangerous in the case of a "weight loss" supplement where the people taking it might have some early form of weight-related diabetes and not even know it yet.
- illiac_1962 8y agoYeah...the second I saw his Pic I knew this guy was a mess. At that age with a history of American diet he had to be primed with serious health issues. Can't excersize that away.