Green tea supplements ruined my liver
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Re: Green tea supplements ruined my liver
#2To save everyone from the clickbait title: green tea capsules are the food supplement.
Re: Green tea supplements ruined my liver
#3Did anyone else see a dosage that he was actually taking for these green tea supplements? It seems to be missing from the article but is arguably the most important point.
Anything is poisonous to the body in high enough doses.
Does the producer of these capsules (apparently Vitacost) specify a maximum dosage? If so, was Jim exceeding this recommendation? Or well under it?
Come on BBC.
Re: Green tea supplements ruined my liver
#4> Concern has focused on a potentially toxic ingredient called Epigallocatechin-3-gallate or EGCG, the most abundant of the naturally occurring compounds with antioxidant properties in green tea, called catechins. There are likely to be a number of factors that might make an individual susceptible to harm from EGCG including genetics, and the way supplements are used.
Re: Green tea supplements ruined my liver
#5To save everyone from the clickbait title: green tea capsules are the food supplement.
This is more that a "clikbait" title. The big picture is that the food supplement is unregulated in the USA, due, in most part, to intense lobbying of the food supplement industry.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/06/supplemen...
In Europe, the situation seems a bit less bleak:
https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/labelling_nutrition/supplem...
Re: Green tea supplements ruined my liver
#6To save everyone from the clickbait title: green tea capsules are the food supplement.
We've supplemented the title above.
Re: Green tea supplements ruined my liver
#7Did anyone else see a dosage that he was actually taking for these green tea supplements? It seems to be missing from the article but is arguably the most important point. Anything is poisonous to the body in high enough doses. Does the producer of these capsules (apparently Vitacost) specify a maximum dosage? If so, was Jim exceeding this recommendation? Or well under it? Come on BBC.
There is no 'dosage', because—as mentioned in the article—these capsules are classified as food, not medicine:
> What is it about green tea supplements that might cause harm at certain doses to some people? Scientists do not know for certain. Because green tea has been drunk for thousands of years, supplements consisting of its concentrated form are regulated in the US and Europe as foods, not medicines. That means that specific safety testing has not been required, so the scientific picture of how green tea supplements might affect our health is incomplete.
Re: Green tea supplements ruined my liver
#8Did anyone else see a dosage that he was actually taking for these green tea supplements? It seems to be missing from the article but is arguably the most important point. Anything is poisonous to the body in high enough doses. Does the producer of these capsules (apparently Vitacost) specify a maximum dosage? If so, was Jim exceeding this recommendation? Or well under it? Come on BBC.
>Come on BBC.
You expect journalists actually doing their job in 2018? Get with the times.
Re: Green tea supplements ruined my liver
#9To save everyone from the clickbait title: green tea capsules are the food supplement.
This is more that a "clikbait" title. The big picture is that the food supplement is unregulated in the USA, due, in most part, to intense lobbying of the food supplement industry. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/06/supplemen... In Europe, the situation seems a bit less bleak: https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/labelling_nutrition/supplem...
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