Sunday, October 28, 2012

What Is The Guideline Regarding Green Tea Dosage?

By Max Waters


Many beginner tea drinkers are familiar with the health rewards; however not a few truly understand the adverse reactions resulting from tea. It is crucial to truly understand the negative effects in order to enjoy the tea without any harmful results.

When we are talking about negative effects relevant to health supplements, we must pay close attention to how much we consume. Lots of side effects are directly related to the amount you take and green tea is not an exception.

The ingredients in tea are catechins specifically epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). So how much is a good daily dose of EGCG?

There were successful short term laboratory tests with daily dose of 800 mg of EGCG. Single cup of green tea has about 100mg of EGCG, so that is about 8 cups of tea. If your main reason for consuming tea is to shed unwanted weight, numerous experiments indicate more EGCG results in more weight reduction.

Many health experts also agree that large serving of isolated ingredients from herbs can be problematic. It is difficult to come to a definite conclusion based on lab reports, however, many scientists are saying 300mg of EGCG is the best amount to consume on every day basis. There have already been successful laboratory case studies with dose of 300mg against cancers and fat burning.

Now if you are thinking of taking tea as a tablet form, make sure you check the fine prints to know exactly how much catechins it has. Some green tea products may indicate the entire milligrams as well as the percentage of EGCG. Ensure that the percentage results in about 300 to 400mg.

Another ingredient of green tea you need to take into consideration when determining the amount you want to drink the tea is caffeine. A cup of green tea comes with about 20-40mg of caffeine. That is not very much compared to coffee which is generally around 100mg a cup. But it's crucial that you are aware of your daily total amount of caffeine, because you might be already consuming a considerable amount of caffeine from other beverages.

A lot of nutrition experts will say greater than daily dose of 500mg could be dangerous. It could cause: irritability, stomach upset, fast heartbeat, muscle tremors, insomnia, nervousness and restlessness. Some people are more sensitive to caffeine than other people, however 300mg or less is considered a safe amount.

There are actually far more reports of positive effects than negative effects about green tea. If you consume it using the guideline we reviewed, you should be okay.




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