Green Tea Capsules
Posted on August 20th, 2009
Green tea capsules carry the same advantages as drinking green tea in general. Along with these, green tea capsules offer other advantages:
Green Tea Capsule Advantages:
- No caffein green tea capsules are available, No caffein inconvenience, drinking 10 cups of liquid green tea
- you can carry them with you anywhere, very convenient
- a single capsule is typically equivalent to drinking 4 cups of tea
- no need to add sugar or artificial sweeteners, capsules have no taste, Especially convenient
when seeking green tea weight loss properties
That said, green tea capsules' difference compared with supplements is they're not made using component extaction procedures concentrating some components of the green tea leaves to maximize some effect or benefit, the makers are looking for.
Green tea capsules are made mainly by choosing the leaves in which the concentration of the various components fall into a particular standard, and these are then dried to an advanced degree before the antioxydants and the other components have had the time to become altered.
So, basically what you have in capsules are concentrated tea leaves in a very dried state. Some of those capsules are cryogenic dried tea leaves that occupy very little volume. "About 85 percent of the fresh weight of leaves can be water" so just by removing close to all the water from the tea leaves, makers could theorically reach a concentration approaching 7 to 1. Just by removing the water present in tea leaves.
Studies show that in order to get the full benefits of drinking green tea, you need to drink at least three (and up to 10) cups of brewed green tea per day. Many people miss out on its unique benefits because they don't like the taste or because they don't want to bother with brewing it from loose tea or tea bags.
Some of the main advantages of green tea:
- natural glucose regulator
- natural cholesterol regulator
- powerful natural antioxydant
- natural mild fat burner through a thermogenesis process that has a preference in burning fats over sugars
- natural antioxydant activity slowing the growth of tumor cells mainly because of presence of epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) in high concentrations (. EGCG was found to be twice as powerful as resvetatrol found in wine drank by French, to limit the negative effects of smoking and having a fatty diet in a research study conducted in 1997 at University of Kansas.)
- natural Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme inhibitor, which makes green tea a natural high blood pressure reducer
- natural inhibitor of the growth and of the creation of new fat cells.
- inhibits the formation of abnormal blood clots, by LDL cholesterol reducing activity of its antioxydants
- green tea can help your diet. Study results of research conducted in University of Switzerland, published the "American Journal of Clinical Nutrition" in 1999, show that men given a combination of caffeine and grenn tea extract burned more calories than those who were given caffeine only or a placebo.
- Green tea can help prevent tooth decay! Green tea's bacteria destroying capabilities can help prevent food poisoning and can also kill the bacteria that cause dental plaque. (This is hard to beat!) And skin preparations containing green tea, from dodorants to creams, are beginning to appear on the market.
Harmful Effects
- The only negative side effect reported so far is insomnia due to the caffeine contained in green tea.
Intriguing Facts:
Herbs for Health magazine cite a japanese epidemiologic report stating that men who drank 10 cups of green tea per day stayed cancer free three years longe than men who drank less than 3 cups a day. The same study showed that there are fewer recurrances of breast cancer and that the disease spread less quickly in women with a history of drinking five cups or more of green tea daily.
A study by Cleveland's Western Reserve University concluded that drinking four or more cups of green tea per day could help prevent rheumatoid arthritis completely, or reduce symptoms in individuals already suffering from the disease.
Those are some of the numerous benefits found to be confirmed by modern occidental science. Others might emerge later on. The scientific investigation on green tea is continuing.
And for the only negative effect so far reported, insomnia, decaffeinated green tea capsules, and supplements, easily solve the problem. 
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13 Responses to “Green Tea Capsules”
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Rich from Rapid Weight Loss Diet Says:
September 1st, 2009 at 6:01 pmI knew green tea was good but I wasn’t aware it had so many different benfits. Have you seen anything of white tea before? I know nothing about it really but keep seeing it popping up on the net a little more these days.
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Kai from Backpacking Japan Says:
September 4th, 2009 at 2:45 pmWhat a great idea! I have to say – I really don’t like the taste of green tea (but drink it in Japan to appear polite!) – but I know it offers so many health benefits. So taking green tea supplements seems like a perfect option for me!
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James from Dentist Birmingham Says:
September 11th, 2009 at 8:13 amGreen tea contains caffeine, which stimulates the metabolism, meaning your body will burn more calories at rest. Green tea capsules can help in managing glucose levels, which is instrumental in weight loss. Elevated glucose levels–caused by the consumption of unhealthy, high-carbohydrate foods–can cause weight gain, whereas low glucose levels cause hunger. Regulating glucose levels directly helps in weight management by keeping hunger and cravings at bay.
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Mel from Olde Naples real estate Says:
September 21st, 2009 at 1:43 amI do like green tea and other tea but never heard about Green Tea capsules, it’s amazing and quite surprising to find out a green tea capsule which is equivalent to 4 cups, I don’t take much green tea only few times in a week but if this capsule has no side-effects, this maybe good for those who’re seeking weight-loss, yes! .
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Patric from green tea Says:
September 23rd, 2009 at 4:01 amI think that green tea capsules are a good less expensive way to get the health benefits of green tea. But green tea does taste great especially that of very high quality and I do not think that capsules will replace that. Really though there is a place for both I guess is what I am saying and they are both useful.
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Mike from Nitric Oxide Supplements Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 8:33 amI keep hearing so much about green tea, but I definitely prefer black tea. Does black tea have any of the same health benefits?
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admin Says:
November 5th, 2009 at 4:32 pmMany, and probably most of the antioxidants are oxidized during black tea processing.
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Peter from Weight Loss Says:
November 16th, 2009 at 7:02 pmFirst time I read about green tea capsules. It seem to be a good alternative if you don’t want to change your coffee or black tea habits. There are a lot of articles about green tea as a metabolism booster.
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Anna from Herbal Diet Tea Says:
November 25th, 2009 at 10:10 amWow I had now idea that green tea was available in pill form. Thats a great idea, and green tea is great, but I’m not convinced it can be as powerful in pill form as when it’s in tea form.
Like Peter said, it’s also a great idea for people that just don’t like the taste of green tea or don’t want to stop drinking their regular tea.
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Darvin from Best Muscle Building Supplement Says:
December 12th, 2009 at 9:29 pmI’ve always been a fan of green tea and all of the health genefits it has, but I had not heard of green tea capsules until now.
The only concern I would have is that some of the potency of the tea would be lost as the pills sit in the bottle? Do the bottles have “expiration dates”?
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admin Says:
December 13th, 2009 at 12:51 amExpiry dates of green tea supplements are comparable to expiry dates of green tea leaves. There is no major difference.
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