Egcg is known to have cytotoxic antioxidant and anti inflammatory properties making green tea a good natural option for increasing the quality of life.
Egcg green tea bags.
However not all tea types have high levels of egcg.
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Researchers have found as low as 2 31 and as high as 204 20 mg so you can imagine how widely teas vary.
Most studies are based on 1 gram of tea per cup of water which is less than most people use.
Honest green tea had 27 2 mg of egcg and arizona green tea ginseng honey had only 5 4 mg.
Basically it means hot green tea brewed using either tea bags or loose tea leaves.
Unfortunately the study does not differentiate between the two.
To get 200 mg of egcg from bottled teas you would have to spend a lot more per serving than with tea leaves tea bags.
Tea with the most egcg.
Bioavailability and antioxidant activity of tea flavanols after consumption of green tea black tea or a green tea extract supplement.
The color of green tea brewed from tea bags is also not as green as loose tea see picture at top.
It appears to be one of the main compounds that gives green tea its.
The only trade off with increased brewing time is a slight increase in bitterness.
It s impossible to know the exact amount of egcg in each tea.
Snapple diet green tea had even less just 3 5 mg.
Given the high egcg content quoted by the study i would venture to guess that more of the regular tea samples are of the loose tea varieties rather than tea bags.
Loose tea on left tea bag on right.
Egcg is one of the most powerful compounds in green tea.
Am j clin nutr 2004 80 6 1558 1564.
The tea bags were steeped for 3 minutes in 100 ml of boiling water.
Research has tested its ability to help treat various diseases.
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