Overview
What is green tea extract?
What are green tea extract’s main benefits?
What are green tea extract’s main drawbacks?
How does green tea extract work?
Dosage information
Most doses are standardized against EGCG. Although the amount of EGCG-equivalent varies from one cup of tea to another, depending on many factors (species of tea, length of steeping, time spent oxidizing), one cup of Camellia sinensis green tea contains approximately 50 mg of EGCG-equivalent.
The benefits of green tea catechins on lipid oxidation and related fat-burning pathways are achieved in a dose dependent manner. Significant effects in people are noted only at high doses, such as 400–500 mg EGCG equivalent per day (most green tea extract supplements are roughly 50% EGCG). Fat burning effects are highly synergistic and almost dependent on not consuming caffeine habitually.
