Green Tea

[meathead1987]

I got some dirt cheap green tea caps, but I am unsure how much EGCG is in them.

They are 315mg each, and have 15% polyphenols, no EGCG mention.

Do polyphenols=EGCG?

cos if they do, I get ~50mg EGCG in each pill.

[scoher]

I got some dirt cheap green tea caps, but I am unsure how much EGCG is in them.

They are 315mg each, and have 15% polyphenols, no EGCG mention.

Do polyphenols=EGCG?

cos if they do, I get ~50mg EGCG in each pill.

EGCG is a % of the catechins, and catechins are a % of the polyphenols. 15% polyphenols will mean very little EGCG. The stuff 1fast sells is over 90% polyphenols.

[meathead1987]

O bugger.

Ah well, they were cheap, got 200 for ~£2

Going on the fact 1fasts is 90% polyphenols, 50% EGCG.

I assume mine are 50/6=8.3% EGCG. So 26mg EGCG per tab.

I do drink 7-8 cups of the actual tea also, another 1000mg cachetins

=~167mg EGCG.

And you guys say you use ~1-2g 50% powder a day, so 500-1000mg EGCG.

Hmmm, maybe I'll try 16 tabs a day also, tht makes ~583mg EGCG a day.

How much Theanine do you think would be in 1 tab. The bottle says "equivalent to 3 cups of green tea", so I reckon ~90mg.

And FYI, the best tasting tea I have ever tasted was raspberry flavour white tea, made by clipper

[wojo]

just a heads up found this yesterday..for those too lazy to cap or like me sick of capping...after i use up the 200 grams i have i will prob go with this

https://www.anabolicfitness.net/shop...ae87b37babfac2

[DmitryWI]

Should be green tea be cycled on and off or I can take it year round?

[wojo]

take it year round if u wanna reap the ful health benefits

[sawastea]

Here is some good reading on some of the benefits of EGCG...

[MaDmaN]

Here is some good reading on some of the benefits of EGCG...

Good read!

[Scrap]

For those of you who like to drink green tea (I drink at least two cups a day as well as take 1G of 1fast400's everyday), I find the Salada brand to be the best for drinking. The "Purple Antioxidents" one is GREAT! Salada is available at most grocery stores, and I find it to be much better than the Lipton ones. The "Purple Antioxidents" one also has grape skin extract, and other goodies in it. And it tastes great. Here's Salada's online store for those who can't find it locally: http://www.salada.com/onlinestore.html

Also, some good reading here: http://www.salada.com/health_latestnes.html

[exnihilo]

LOL, cycling green tea what do you do for recovery?

When I was taking 3-4g daily I always smelled like tea extract - it was unpleasant. Even if I scrubbed the top layer of skin off, it'd last maybe like 6 hours tops.

[Beelzebub]

just a heads up found this yesterday..for those too lazy to cap or like me sick of capping...after i use up the 200 grams i have i will prob go with this

https://www.anabolicfitness.net/shop...ae87b37babfac2

nice price. 120 grams capped for 26 bucks? not too shabby. thanks for sharing.

[stratvox]

When I was fat from diner eating and drinking etc, I drank 2 quart of of Celestial Seasons green tea with antioxidants every day. The caffiene boost is nice, the antioxidants included are a bonus. Plus it helped me quit nexium and get off coffee. I cant say whether it had any other benefits other than the speediness, but when combined with the bags of tuna and lowered carbs, I lost 35 pounds of fat (210 down to 175)in about 2 months. Just my experience. I would assume that the weight loss came from the diet change though, certainly not the tea. My wife is a registered dietitian and she thought I was nuts living on tuna, but it worked.

[jmh80]

I got 100 g of 40% ECGC from Custom and it tastes like absolute ass!

Anyone else think their green tea extract tastes like vomit? What did you do about it?

[jas123]

I got 100 g of 40% ECGC from Custom and it tastes like absolute ass!

Anyone else think their green tea extract tastes like vomit? What did you do about it?

Yeah, Customs stuff has a tendency to taste like ass, but who cares it's great quality and cheap. I put mine in hot water sometimes with a green tea bag or sometimes solo and the taste is so so (I'm using the 1fast kind, though)

[Scrap]

Yeah, the extract (from anywhere) tastes terrible - I HAVE to cap mine (which can be a pain with green tea for some reason) or buy it already capped. It tastes like total crap otherwise and I tend to not use it unless I cap it.

edited for clarity

[Beelzebub]

i've been throwing the extract in my mouth for a month or so. it's not horrible, unless you throw it back to far, hits your throat, exhale and it shoots into your nose. then, you've got issues.

[meathead1987]

1-Spoon
2-Scale
3-Weigh out tea onto piece of paper(1-2g)
4-Drop into back of mouth
5-Immediately wah down with 300ml water

Works great for me

[jas123]

i've been throwing the extract in my mouth for a month or so. it's not horrible, unless you throw it back to far, hits your throat, exhale and it shoots into your nose. then, you've got issues.

I've done this before, but I thought it was pretty nasty. Definitely DON'T put it in your protein shake, cause it doesn't mix at all in cold fluid.

[SJA]

i've been throwing the extract in my mouth for a month or so. it's not horrible, unless you throw it back to far, hits your throat, exhale and it shoots into your nose. then, you've got issues.

That is freaking funny I can just imagine the shorting dragon effect of that

[Beelzebub]

That is freaking funny I can just imagine the shorting dragon effect of that

my dog couldn't figure out what my problem was. he looked pretty confused, which got me laughing, and made the problem worse.