Green Tea and DHT

[Wagner83]

So it's been said for a while now that green tea is anti dht, some constituents effectively inhibit aromatase, however I came across this information moments ago :

On the other hand, green tea did not reduce the serum level of DHT, but instead tended to increase it (P = 0.076) (Fig. 2D), and we found that green tea treatment did not inhibit tumor growth (Fig. 1A). Green tea contained more EGCG than black tea (Table 1), and studies have shown that EGCG inhibits the activity of 5α-reductase (38). These results derived from our animal model suggest that, although EGCG may be a potent antitumor agent in green tea and inhibit 5α-reducatase activity, green tea contains other constituents that may counteract EGCG's antitumor activity, in part by counteracting its modulation of 5α-reducatase activity. Further research is required to identify these constituents and study their effects and/or their interactions with other components on prostate cancer. Our results demonstrate the importance of evaluating the benefit of whole tea products, rather than just isolated tea catechins or EGCG, on prostate cancer prevention because other tea constituents may play important roles.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2683253/
Area1255x may find it iteresting, if others have any idea on what would be the effects of drinking green tea (so no extract) I'm all ears.

 

[The_Old_Guy]

A little is good, too much is bad. Too much *might* affect Androgens and Thyroid function. Just type Green Tea into Suppversity. I just take 500mg of 50% EGCG before cardio.

 

[Sss23]

Interesting so it's saying it increases DHT?

 

[Wagner83]

A little is good, too much is bad. Too much *might* affect Androgens and Thyroid function. Just type Green Tea into Suppversity. I just take 500mg of 50% EGCG before cardio.

Let me quote part of my quote again:

although EGCG may be a potent antitumor agent in green tea and inhibit 5α-reducatase activity, green tea contains other constituents that may counteract EGCG's antitumor activity, in part by counteracting its modulation of 5α-reducatase activity.
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Our results demonstrate the importance of evaluating the benefit of whole tea products, rather than just isolated tea catechins or EGCG, on prostate cancer prevention because other tea constituents may play important roles.

So EGCG has 5ar inhibiting properties, and you take an extract standardized to 50%EGCG, however the study noted green tea in itself (no extract, no standardization) increased DHT. This is very interesting imo, I avoided green tea because I thought it did the opposite (common belief).

Interesting so it's saying it increases DHT?

This is what I understand from it. On the other hand black tea did effectively reduce dht levels.

I also suspect soaking the tea in hot water for 1 mn will produce different results than let's say 5, I know some have reported stimulating effects from one and sedative effects from the other.