Green Tea Extract

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Posted by: Bachovas Feb 11 2004, 11:25 AM
[PRODUCT]844[/PRODUCT]Trying to do some math, came up with something like 1gr of Green Tea Extract being the equivalent to around 17 cups of the drinkable kind, in terms of catechins content. Am I way off?

Thanks.


P.S. Congrats on the great forum.

Posted by: Loki Feb 11 2004, 12:32 PM
Actually, from the extracts I've seen (although I've only looked @ two, so take that for what it's worth), it seems that 1g of extract is only equivalent to about five cups of tea in terms of polyphenol & catechin content...

Posted by: Ted Fletcher Feb 11 2004, 12:44 PM
QUOTE (Bachovas @ Feb 11 2004, 11:25 AM)
[PRODUCT]844[/PRODUCT]Trying to do some math, came up with something like 1gr of Green Tea Extract being the equivalent to around 17 cups of the drinkable kind, in terms of catechins content. Am I way off?

Thanks.


P.S. Congrats on the great forum.

I did the math on the Avant board about 5 months ago. I think the name of the thread was "Green Tea" and I think I remember calculating it to being in the teens for number of cups to be the equivalent.

- Fletch

Posted by: Ted Fletcher Feb 11 2004, 12:47 PM
Here's the link to the official "Green Tea" thread on Avant....

http://forum.avantlabs.com/?act=ST&f=1&t=3799

and here's my post in reply to Spook's recommended beneficial dosage and Dante's findings...

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QUOTE (Dante @ Jun 19 2003, 04:54 AM)
...based on the average cup of bagged Green Tea, I estimated the ECGC content as ~40 mgs, from ~100 mgs of Polyphenols/Catechins.

That equates to drinking 15 cups/day of green tea to get Spook's recommended dosage of ECGCs! We'll need to start brewing the stuff by the gallon for each day and carry it along side our water jugs.

or

A more reasonable approach would be to get on Mike's case about some higher quality caps. wink.gif

- Fletch


- Fletch

Posted by: shpongled Feb 11 2004, 01:05 PM
I read somewhere that each cup is 100 mg EGCG.. in any case, even with 50 mg that would make 1 gram of the extract about the same as 4 cups... for 600 mg/day you'd need 3 grams. I take 1000 mg EGCG daily...

Posted by: Bachovas Feb 11 2004, 01:45 PM
Ted, thanks for the link.

I got some, and I've been capping it myself, can usually get around 350-400mgs in each OO gelatin cap.

Read that Spook recommended ~600mg/day of EGCG for fat loss. That would be almost 3.3grs per day of http://www.bulknutrition.com/?products_id=844 or like Ted said, 15 cups.

Posted by: Christoph Jan 14 2006, 02:27 AM
Not all cups of green tea are alike. If you boil loose leaves you get a very concentrated solution that is significantly more yellow and cloudy than if you put a tea bag in hot water.

The most I've ever consumed at one time was 6-8 cups of really concentrated green tea. It made me a bit naseus, and noticeably changed my mental state. I havent tried any extracts yet.