are there any benefits to green tea extract supplements?!
Question: Are there any benefits to green tea extract supplements?
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Not really I am afraid.
GP for more years than I care to remember
Regardless of belief, Green Tea is a good antioxidant because of the Polyphenols and EGCG content. It also has a good amount of L-Theanine, which is an Amino Acid that helps with relaxation. Those are the main benefits from Green Tea, but there are some other minor ones from various nutrients in it.
Granted, if you get a capsule of Green Tea, it won't be as much as making a tea due to the content limitations (a portion of a gram in a capsule vs a few grams in a tea), but it's easier to take if you don't like the taste of Green Tea. I hope I helped!
[edit]: I'm sorry the skeptics have hit your question... it's all too common for them to give a few of us lots of "thumbs-downs" for giving factual information like this. All of what I listed above is the chemical breakdown of Green Tea that is documented in most of the scientific research done on Green Tea... I have no idea what they are scared of.
Health/nutrition classes, personal experience, and personal research in my role as a Product Specialist for a vitamin company
If you believe there are, then yes, absolutely.
If you don't believe there are, then absolutely not.
All pills, supplements and medications work on the placebo effect.
On Propecia's own website, they state the results of the blind tests in which people taking a sugar pill and not the actual medication, actually grew hair on their bald heads because they believed they were taking medication that could do that.
Think about that. Bald men grew hair on their heads from a worthless sugar pill.
So imagine what a green tea supplement can do. Anything you believe it can do.
Some books for you to read to learn more:
The Biology of Belief - Dr Bruce Lipton PhD
The MindBody Prescription - Dr John E Sarno MD
The Body Electric - Dr Robert O Becker MD
I wouldn't bother, if you like it, drink it. Otherwise, save your money for more worthwhile endeavors.