Catechins might be useful. I think the paper leaves discussion of catechins’ benefits outside its scope, and given the incentives and limitations in academic p

Catechins might be useful. I think the paper leaves discussion of catechins’ benefits outside its scope, and given the incentives and limitations in academic publishing I am most often willing to show such…breathlessness? in introductions? some sympathy. As I read on to evaluate the technical and investigative and scientific merit. On catechins, To put it very very carefully: In the scientific literature there are presented indications that catechins have a range of biological effects, and some are said to be beneficial. Catechins are antioxidants. I’ve been surprised in recent years to find that antioxidants really do seem to serve an important role. Have learned this when navigating a critical period of health isses – I assure you that this has been a time with absolutely no leeway for chasing placebo effects or self-delusion. There’s much mumbo-jumbo on antioxidants. There’s also a bunch of clear scientific results on their benefits, which were in my view obscured by the mumbo-jumbo. — Healthline often has a decent summary of literature; I don’t know at all how solid their page on the catechin EGCG: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/egcg-epigallocatechin-gallate https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/egcg-epigallocatechin-g... Google Scholar seems to have interesting papers on catechins: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=catechins&btnG=Search&as_sdt=800000000001&as_sdtp=on https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=catechins&btnG=Search&a... as well as EGCG, currently the best known / most discussed catechin as far as I know: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=7%2C39&q=egcg&btnG= https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=7%2C39&q=egc...