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Is it alright to take cranberry supplements and still drink green tea?

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Anyone know anything…?

they are both 100% natural so yes, they are ok to combine

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The first answer to this question was the stupidest thing i've ever read. Not only was it a copy and paste about some green tea book, but it was totally irrelevant. This user is rated a "top contributor", HA HA HA….

To understand the truth behind the medical claims for green tea and the antioxidant properties of EGCG, it is first necessary to have a close look at what green tea is, and why these claims are being made.

Green tea is a form of tea made from the leaves of the Carmellia Sinensis, a shrub that is native to China and has spread to other areas of Asia including Japan and the Middle East. Drinking it is believed to impart many health benefits, including the prevention of obesity, heart disease and some forms of cancer and it has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for over 400 years.

Tea is known to have been consumed in China for around 5,000 years, and used, not only in Chinese medicine, but also in that of Japan, Thailand and India for a number of ailments including regulating blood sugar, treating wounds and digestive problems. The drinking of green tea to benefit the heart and other vital organs is described in the Kissa Yojoki (Book of Tea), written in 1191 by Eisai, a Japanese Zen priest.

This two-part book talks about the various medicinal benefits of green tea, such as preventing fatigue, curing beriberi, quenching thirst, clearing the thoughts, maintaining health of the urinary tract and improving digestive problems. It also explains how to grow tea and how to prepare and use the leaves. The methods of treatment of various ailments and medical conditions are described in the second part of the book.

The active ingredients in green tea are catechins, polyphenols with strong anti-oxidant properties. Antioxidants are important components of your diet due to their effect on free radicals. These are small molecules, generally oxygenated, such the superoxide cation and hydrogen peroxide that are generated during normal metabolic processes and also ingested in pollutants such as traffic and factory fumes and insecticides. Free radicals are also formed by the effect of the ultra-violet component of sunlight on your skin and other tissues.

The effect of free radicals on your body can be devastating, and they not only destroy cell membranes but also oxidize such molecules as the low density lipids (LDL) that carry cholesterol around your bloodstream. This allows the LDLs to be absorbed by the white blood cells and then deposited as fatty plaques in the walls of your arteries. The end result is a thickening and hardening of the arteries that leads to a condition known as atherosclerosis, where the blood supply to the brain and heart muscle is restricted, which can in turn lead to strokes and heart disease.

Their effect on your cells is to cause cancer and premature aging, among others, and free radicals are also believed to play a part in conditions such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease and also inflammatory diseases such as arthritis and diabetes. They can also cause damage to your DNA
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/the-truth-about-green-tea-egcg-and-antioxidants-628525.html

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It depends on what you are looking for. Extract is highly concentrated green tea, so it is better for you in respect to the benefits green tea would give you. Green tea itself is also good for you, but takes more to get the same herbal benefits. It does give you much needed hydration and provides a very healthy fluid for your body.

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I drink 3 to 4 cups of green tea a day and i take a green tea extract supplement. Is it possible for me to be over doing it?
Ok so im gonna change and have 2 cups of green tea a day and my supplement. I drink alot of water everyday but i'll kick that up a lil.

i would cut it down to 2 cups a day.

be careful.. as healthy as green tea is, too much can actually cause kidney stones!

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Would it be a good combo?>

How much should I take?

4-6 grams of CLA daily with food
275 mg of EGCG 3x a day

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I drink approx. 4-6 glasses of fresh brewed green tea with no sugar and a touch of lemon.Also does it have the same anti-oxidant benefits?

it does indeed…

Pity it tastes of urine.

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Green Tea HP is a supplement from http://www.greenteahp.com I would like to know how many packs come per box. Thanks!

There come with 60 packets per box .10 of each flavor.

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I have hyperinsulinemia (which is similar to the glucose disorder) where basically my body overproduces insulin whenever I eat food because it is less reactive to the food in my body (you eat a cookie, I eat a cookie, my body produces twice as much insulin as yours).

I'm wondering how taking a green tea supplement will affect my insulin levels. I take 500mg of Glucophage twice a day with meals, so i'm managing that way.

don't answer this question if you aren't serious - i'm not looking for a smart-assed "obvious" answer.

Thanks!

You have metabolic syndrome, also known as insulin resistance. This is a pre-diabetic state.
Your best idea will be to build muscles (which take up sugar and have a better metabolic rate) and to lose overall body weight.
Green tea is absolutely fine for you. I recommend it PLAIN without hoodia or other stimulants. Your adrenergic nervous system (the fight or flight hormones) do interact with glucose and insulin levels, so you should avoid hoodia, ephedra, ma huang, and all the rest.
Green tea by itself, or oolong, is fine, and will help you to lose weight. Go to an asian store so you don't get ripped off by a "health food" store. Asian stores have good cheap teas that are better quality. Loose leaf is cheapest, and when the leaves settle to the bottom of the tea cup, it is finished brewing. You can even eat the leaves. (yummy!)
At the asian store you can also find a water heater that will hold up to 3 liters of water and keep it at a perfect tea temperature all day so you can have tea whenever you want.
good luck and stay healthy!

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As a supplement instead of cocaine, you should find it more relaxing and less expensive.

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well on sunday i ordered 2 bottles of green tea powder (500mg caps), and i wanted to know would that form of green tea work well. Like i know i should have got green tea extract, but i made a mistake and i got powdered tea leaf pills.

I just want to know, do powdered green tea leaf pills work? and if so better or almost as good as the extract pills?

*P.S., im going to take these to help loose weight, and as an antioxidant*

bought these:
http://www.swansonvitamins.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10051&SourceCode=INTL097&productId=15745

oh god, okay so ages ago i started drinking green tea, i got bloated by it and it made me gain weight for some reason, then when i stopped drinking it i wasn't bloated and i lost weight with exercising and eating properly.

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