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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

SheltieLover

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5. You are so welcome!

Reply to Mike Nelson (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 7, 2022, 04:43 AM

Oct 2022

For some reason, I can't drink enough green tea (5 cups/day), but I found a high quality, reasonably priced green tea supplement that will have the same effect without causing the jittery feeling.

Sadly, as the article states, the 5 risk factors usually don't cause symptoms...

Needless to say, I have all 5 risk factors.

So, I'm trying to be proactive here.

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Green Tea Found To Improve Gut Health and Lower Blood Sugar [View all] SheltieLover Oct 2022 OP

Oh darn... Mike Nelson Oct 2022 #1

It appears to be the antioxidant, EGCG SheltieLover Oct 2022 #2

Thank you! Mike Nelson Oct 2022 #3

You are so welcome! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #5

Red tea or Oolong is similar but milder on stomach IbogaProject Oct 2022 #25

Good for people who can tolerate it. Rhiannon12866 Oct 2022 #4

Maybe the caffiene? SheltieLover Oct 2022 #6

Oh, I love coffee and I also drink Coke. Rhiannon12866 Oct 2022 #7

I love it, too! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #8

I didn't know it contained caffeine, I tried it because I thought it was supposed to be healthy Rhiannon12866 Oct 2022 #10

What's the difference between green tea and green tea extract? bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #9

I think the extract is just a condensed form of the good stuff SheltieLover Oct 2022 #13

The YouTube doctors are all over metabolic syndrome bucolic_frolic Oct 2022 #18

I couldn't agree more!!! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #19

My urologist said I should stick with black tea due to kidney stone formation. woodsprite Oct 2022 #11

Might not be connected, but multigraincracker Oct 2022 #12

Excellent! 👏👏👏👏 SheltieLover Oct 2022 #15

After I got my pacemaker multigraincracker Oct 2022 #16

Thx for sharing this! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #17

Yes, I'm using the chewable one now. multigraincracker Oct 2022 #20

Awesome! Thx SheltieLover Oct 2022 #21

I get the combination multigraincracker Oct 2022 #22

Ty! SheltieLover Oct 2022 #23

Well then by all means, follow your practitioner's advice SheltieLover Oct 2022 #14

Caffeine (coffee), theophylline (tea) and theobromine (chocolate) Warpy Oct 2022 #24

I just stumbled on this. Gore1FL Dec 2022 #26