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Mark: What intake of this green tea extract would you recommend?

Mark,

I have purchased some Green Tea Extract which reccomends to take one a day but the nutritional information for one capsule is as follows

Green Tea extract 315mg
(camellia sinensis) (aerial)
(standardised to contain 15% polyphenois)

15% doesnt seem very strong from what I've read on Fitness Inventor. (i do drink green tea in day aswell)

Will one be sufficient or should I take more?

Thanks in advance

Adam
By Adam walker – about 1 year ago

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Hi Adam

The main fat-burning polyphenol is EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate) and you haven't given me info on the concentration of that polyphenol. Even if most of the polyphenols is EGCG, this isn't a very strong extract.You want at least 75mg of EGCG twice daily with at least 100mg caffeine. So you should probably be taking at least 5 capsules, twice daily.
Mark Gilbert
Nutritionist and Supplement Specialist
about 1 year ago

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