If you don’t like to drink green tea, Better Green Tea is a good alternative.

The Better Green Tea formula meets the German standards for pesticide content which is very strict.

Research has documented many health benefits of green tea ranging from the reduction of oxidative stress, reduced risk of cancer, reduced cholesterol, and lower blood pressure.

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Polyphenols (catechins) are the active ingredients in green tea providing a variety of benefits.

Moreover, individuals drinking green tea extract has documented lower blood pressure. It also reduces total cholesterol, LDL (the bad cholesterol),  serum amyloid-alpha (a marker of chronic inflammation) and malondialdehyde (a marker of oxidative stress) (Nantz MP, et al. 2009). People are high in cardiovascular risk factors if they have these conditions. Significantly, individuals reduced their risks in cardiovascular disease in only three weeks after drinking green tea extract.

Green tea may provide neuroprotection and has been associated with a lower prevalence of cognitive impairment (Kuriyama S, et al. 2006).

In a study including 41,761 participants, researchers found that green tea consumption was associated with a reduced risk of liver cancer (Ui A, et al. 2009).

Green tea polyphenols have been documented to reduce serum biomarkers in patients with prostate cancer (McLarty J, et al. 2009).

Regular drinking of green tea has been associated with a slightly decreased risk of breast cancer (Shrubsole MJ, et al. 2008).

Green tea consumption was inversely associated with psychological distress in an assessment of 42,093 individuals (Hozawa A, et al. 2009). A consumption of 4 cups or more of green tea has been associated with a lower prevalence of depressive symptoms (Niu K, et al. 2009).

Better Green Tea 60 capsules

Serving Size 1 Capsule

Amount Per Capsule

% Daily Value

Green Tea Extract (Camellia sinensis)(leaf)(standardized to 95% polyphenols,
50% epigallocatechin 3-gallate [250 mg EGCG])

500 mg

*

* Daily value not established

Other Ingredients:

Vegetarian capsule (hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, water), microcrystalline cellulose, ascorbyl palmitate, and silicon dioxide.


References:

Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Nakaya N, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Kakizaki M, Sone T, Nagai M, Sugawara Y, Nitta A, Tomata Y, Niu K, Tsuji I. Green tea consumption is associated with lower psychological distress in a general population: the Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Nov;90(5):1390-6. Epub 2009 Sep 30.
Kuriyama S, Hozawa A, Ohmori K, Shimazu T, Matsui T, Ebihara S, Awata S, Nagatomi R, Arai H, Tsuji I. Green tea consumption and cognitive function: a cross-sectional study from the Tsurugaya Project. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 83, No. 2, 355-361, February 2006.
McLarty J, Bigelow RL, Smith M, Elmajian D, Ankem M, Cardelli JA. Tea Polyphenols Decrease Serum Levels of Prostate-Specific Antigen, Hepatocyte Growth Factor, and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Prostate Cancer Patients and Inhibit Production of Hepatocyte Growth Factor and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor In vitro. Cancer Prev Res (Phila Pa). 2009 Jun 19.
Nantz MP, Rowe CA, Bukowski JF, Percival SS. Standardized capsule of Camellia sinensis lowers cardiovascular risk factors in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Nutrition. 2009 Feb; 25(2):147-54. Epub 2008 Oct 9.
Niu K, Hozawa A, Kuriyama S, Ebihara S, Guo H, Nakaya N, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Takahashi H, Masamune Y, Asada M, Sasaki S, Arai H, Awata S, Nagatomi R, Tsuji I. Green tea consumption is associated with depressive symptoms in the elderly. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Dec;90(6):1615-22. Epub 2009 Oct 14.
Shrubsole MJ1, Lu W, Chen Z, Shu XO, Zheng Y, Dai Q, Cai Q, Gu K, Ruan ZX, Gao YT, Zheng W. Drinking green tea modestly reduces breast cancer risk. J Nutr. 2009 Feb;139(2):310-6. doi: 10.3945/jn.108.098699. Epub 2008 Dec 11.
Ui A, Kuriyama S, Kakizaki M, Sone T, Nakaya N, Ohmori-Matsuda K, Hozawa A, Nishino Y, Tsuji I. Green tea consumption and the risk of liver cancer in Japan: the Ohsaki Cohort study. Cancer Causes Control. 2009 Sep 19.