What Can Green Tea Do for Me? Increase Energy Increase Endurance Contains Anthocyanins Has Superpower Antioxidants called Catechins And Much More…

Green tea is particularly rich in flavonoids (which account for 30% of the dry weight of a leaf), including catechins and their derivatives. The most abundant catechin in green tea is epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), which is thought to play a pivotal role in green tea's antioxidant effects.

People in Asian cultures consume an average of about 3 cups per day of green tea (which would provide 240-320 mg of polyphenols). Just one cup of green tea supplies 20-35 mg of EGCG, which has the highest antioxidant activity of all the green tea catechins.

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The benefits of green tea have been extensively researched and, as the scientific community's awareness of its potential benefits has increased, so have the number of new studies. As of 2008, the PubMed.com database contained more than 3,000 studies on green tea and its effects.