Those of you who take green tea extract...

[brokenxdreams]

When do you take it? I read on another post regarding green tea that some of you take up to 4000mg (standardized for 50% EGCG)

Do you take it all at once or in two different servings?

Also does 50% polyphenols = 50% EGCG?
(sorry if the last question seems stupid)

 

[hrt39]

Sounds like a reasonable question to me....Bump for answers....

 

[illusionofsize]

The body needs 200mgs per day to cause an increase. 4000mgs seems high but maybe. I'd be bouncing at that dose. lol I take 1000mgs

It is best to go by egcg content but because labeling varies a rough equivalent is 125mg of catchetins=250mg polyphenols=10000mg of green tea grounds=18cups of tea. = 200mgs of EGCG

so no, the polyphenols do not equal EGCG.Not a stuoid question. I had to look it up. lol

Obviously it's gonna be hard to drink that much tea

 

[brokenxdreams]

The body needs 200mgs per day to cause an increase. 4000mgs seems high but maybe. I'd be bouncing at that dose. lol I take 1000mgs

It is best to go by egcg content but because labeling varies a rough equivalent is 125mg of catchetins=250mg polyphenols=10000mg of green tea grounds=18cups of tea. = 200mgs of EGCG

so no, the polyphenols do not equal EGCG.Not a stuoid question. I had to look it up. lol

Obviously it's gonna be hard to drink that much tea

Well, I got capsules of green tea. They're 500mg capsules at 50% polyphenols. So, how much EGCG would that be per capsule?

 

[illusionofsize]

Each capsule is 200mgs of green tea.
500x50%=250mgs polyphenols=200mgs EGCG

Sorry bro, I goofed the first post. The drink green tea line was supposed to be followed by"which is why we use extract pills".

 

[brokenxdreams]

Each capsule is 200mgs of green tea.
500x50%=250mgs polyphenols=200mgs EGCG

Sorry bro, I goofed the first post. The drink green tea line was supposed to be followed by"which is why we use extract pills".

LOL, thats okay, thanks for your help! i appreciate it!

 

[CENTURION44]

Vitamin Shoppe - Green Tea Extract, 470 mg @ 75% polyphenols...i was thinking of getting this....taking 3-4 times ed....any good?????

 

[macrophage69alpha]

a 50% polyphenol extract is likely 15-20% egcg (or less)

a good extract should be 95-99% polyphenols, 70-90% catechins, 45-70% EGCG.
IMHO anything lower is very unlikely that you will get your moneys worth since in that case the capping of the material would be a greater percentage of the cost than the material itself.

 

[CENTURION44]

where would one get some good green tea extract then>????

 

[brokenxdreams]

...and how much green tea do you recommend per day?