Conclusion: Our results suggest that GTE supplementation can attenuate oxidative stress, BM, BMI and BFP, which are thought to negatively affect human health. Moreover, GTE as a nutraceutical dietary supplement can increase TAC and adiponectin.
PubMed 38031409 ↗Green Tea Extract
People mainly take Green Tea Extract for focus, sleep. Based on 35 first-hand reports and 32 meta-analyses & systematic reviews in the medical literature. Ranked #206 of 1,974 overall.
Of reports that state an outcome, 50% are positive.
What Green Tea Extract does, according to users
Of the people who reported each effect, the share who said it got better.
6 more with fewer than 3 reports
What the research says
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses from PubMed, with their published conclusions.
3+ meta-analyses or systematic reviews and 10+ randomized controlled trials in humans. The grade measures how much human research exists — read the conclusions below for what it found.
Conclusion: This systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that topical GTE application is beneficial for the treatment of acne without causing significant adverse events while oral GTE intake has limited effects. Further high-quality clinical trials are warranted.
PubMed 32812270 ↗Conclusion: A safe intake level of 338 mg EGCG/day for adults was derived from toxicological and human safety data for tea preparations ingested as a solid bolus dose. An Observed Safe Level (OSL) of 704 mg EGCG/day might be considered for tea preparations in beverage form based on human AE data.
PubMed 29580974 ↗Conclusion: High doses and long-term consumption of green tea could achieve better benefits, providing a basis for the dietary guidelines for green tea in preventing cancer. However, given the heterogeneity of the included studies, our findings still need to be validated by conducting higher-quality studies.
PubMed 40832777 ↗Dosage people report
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Reported side effects
How often each side effect came up across all reports.
What users say
Verbatim quotes, shortened only — each links to the original discussion.
“melatonin, krill oil complex, green tea extract”
“Green tea extract can be bad for your liver, put me in hospital for a week with acute non-viral hepatitis.”
“green tea extract (which shot my liver enzymes through the roof)”
“My usual CILTeP stack is something like 10mg forskolin+300mg artichoke+green tea extract+uridine which I like for daily use”
“by supplementing with green tea extract, this prolongs the time it takes for the choline to be metabolized”
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