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Re:Green tea supplements ruined my liver by flarex on Thursday October 25, 2018 @05:09AM (#18299528)
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-standard...

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Re:Green tea supplements ruined my liver by flarex on Thursday October 25, 2018 @05:18AM (#18299557)
Study on the effects of EGCG on diabetic mice: 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"

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Re:Green tea supplements ruined my liver by SmellyGeekBoy on Thursday October 25, 2018 @06:37AM (#18299865)
Seems 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.
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Re:Green tea supplements ruined my liver by illiac_1962 on Thursday October 25, 2018 @06:54AM (#18299936)
Yeah...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.
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