The Benefits of Green Tea Extract

Green Tea extract, or extract of green tea are powerful plant extracts that are used as herbal treatments and medications. They are extracts made from the leaves of the green tea plant which are then concentrated.

They contain a wide range of  healthful properties, among them antioxidants are the  most notable. Those which are called Green Tea Catechins that have long been used and are widely sought out for their effects on the general good health.

Supplements made from green tea extract are sold over the counter in many types of supplement including juices, tablets and powder.

The green tea extracts that appear to have the most benefit are thsoe which have more than 90 percent polyphenols in total and the dosage that is given for the maximum green tea extract benefits is one capsule, which is equal to about five cups of green tea if you were to take it in that way.

Science has concluded that it is better that when you use green tea extract in order to get the benefits of the antioxidants and other chemical compounds that it is best absorbed during times when you are not eating. Taken between meals means that you’d get the best rate of absorbtion and also prevent a lowering of the iron that is absorbed from it.

Green tea extract benefits that are being reviewed so far seem to be that they can be anticancerous, which is greatly enhanced when used in conjunction with other compounds or other drugs. They are not used alone as anti cancer drugs but are helpful in combination with others.

The excessive intake of green tea is also as unhealthy as not taking in enough and there can be benefits to green tea extract as well as detrimental effects. Some of the anti cancer properties may be very helpful to those how have a tendency to cancer in their families, while taking in too much of the extract can do some damage to DNA structure by acting as a prooxidant.