Green Tea Extract

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About

Green tea extract is a highly concentrated source of the tea, particularly its antioxidants, which can help prevent serious illnesses such as cancer. These antioxidants fight against free radicals (unstable atoms that cause cellular damage), a common cause of cancer and other serious health conditions. Green tea is also an effective weight loss aid.

Dosage & Duration

Besides drinking the tea itself, you can also reap green tea’s benefits in supplements. It’s available in pills, capsules, herbal blends and more. You can also take green tea extract powder, which contains a high concentration of beneficial compounds. As a dietary supplement, take 500 mg (roughly 3/16 tsp) once or twice daily. Never take more than 1,000 mg per day, and never for more than 3 months at a time.

Benefits

Rich in Antioxidants
Green tea contains highly concentrated levels of antioxidants, which fight free radicals and protect your body from disease. In particular, green tea extract is rich in polyphenol antioxidants, or catechins, which have been known to increase the body’s antioxidant levels.
Anti-Inflammatory
Because green tea has such strong anti-inflammatory properties, it may relieve symptoms of a variety of inflammatory diseases, such as Crohn’s disease. By reducing inflammation in the muscles and connective tissues, green tea extract may also help ease general chronic pain.
Green Tea Can Assist with Weight Loss
Hailed as a fat burner, green tea extract can assist with weight loss. Both caffeine and catechins regulate hormones in your body that cause thermogenesis, the process of turning calories into energy. Caffeine and catechins could make losing weight easier when paired with a healthy diet and exercise regimen.
May Improve Skin Conditions
Green tea extract also has proven dermatological benefits. When applied topically, green tea extract can treat a number of common skin conditions, including acne, rosacea, alopecia, warts and others. It may improve signs of aging caused by sun damage.
Immune Support
If you come down with chronic colds, try adding green tea to your diet; it could boost your immune function to help your body fight off infection.
Workout Recovery
During workouts, your muscle cells undergo damage, which makes them feel tired and sore. It is found that green tea reduces markers of cellular damage in muscles after workouts. When consumed routinely, green tea may even improve exercise performance.

TOP 3 STUDIES

Effect of green tea extract supplementation on exercise-induced delayed onset muscle soreness and muscular damage

Green tea in dermatology

Polyphenolic antioxidant (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate from green tea reduces UVB-induced inflammatory responses and infiltration of leukocytes in human skin

Green tea and thermogenesis: interactions between catechin-polyphenols, caffeine and sympathetic activity

Tea catechins and polyphenols: health effects, metabolism, and antioxidant functions