Green tea why not have a cuppa or caps

OT but in relation to tea and anti oxidants, I drink white tea.

(non academic info but the gist of it) http://coffeetea.about.com/od/typesoftea/a/whitetea.htm

There has been research lately that indicates that green tea may reduce testosterone levels.  It doesn't matter to me as I am on TRT, but for those who are a little older, perhaps slightly concerned about declining levels, it might be something to think about

Is this true about the green tea reducing testarone? Ive been taking the myprotein extract and moved onto the slighttly stronger zipvit version, it does seem to be good for making u feel a lil better/energetic in the day, and a sense of wellbeing, also aids slightly in fatloss id say its leaned me out abit.I stack it with CLA and caffeine pills sometimes also, the caffeine pills can crash me tho, probably due to all the caffeine i consume in a day anyways lol
Im taking trib atm, tryed variious forms, and my labido seems ok, so not sure if green tea affects testarone itself, well i hope not lol :(

It's quite possible that it affects other hormones and enzymatic conversion in addition to effects on testosterone.

I very much doubt changes will be apparent to the user in terms of libido etc. Blood work would be necessary to determine (any) level of impact.

Thanks for the info m8.Would you personally say green teas pros outweight the cons, or should i just stick to caffeine, cla etc?

theiopener


Catstar

It tastes bitter because youre burning the leaves.

Water needs to be off boiling point. So boil a kettle, pour it into a cup, top it off with some cold water and let your tea bag bre for 1 minute then try it

Try it with a splenda tab or two as well

Correct, it even used to say on the box I had thet you need to let the water off the boil as it makes the tea very bitter.

i think it taste like a witches tit, get the tablets form holland and barret, says 1 a day but not sure how you can OD on green tea?

Liam86


Would you personally say green teas pros outweight the cons?

Yes

I prefer the tablets,drinking it dosnt agree with me,i always feel sick afterwards.

PartyBoy


There has been research lately that indicates that green tea may reduce testosterone levels.  It doesn't matter to me as I am on TRT, but for those who are a little older, perhaps slightly concerned about declining levels, it might be something to think about

Any more info on this, plus the mechanism by which this does it please?

Just bought the green tea caps now for £8.99p in the end. Will be trying them next week giving them ago.

Green tea polyphenols inhibit testosterone production in rat Leydig cells
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Federal University of Pernambuco, 50607-901 Recife, PE, Brazil.
Study appeard in the Asian Journal of Andrology March 2009

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih...d/19330017?dopt=Abstract

Also:

Modulation of endocrine systems and food intake by green tea epigallocatechin gallate
Kao YH, Hiipakka RA, Liao S
Endocrinology 2000 Mar;141(3):980-7

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez

It's very early stage research James, hence my use of the words 'may' and 'possibly'. The first study data involves  rat Leydig cells in vitro so obviously we can't extrapolate to any notable degree, but it's still worthy of consideration in the grand scheme, perhaps in particularly older guys who drink quite a bit of green tea. The second is a in vivo rat study.

It appeared that the extracts interfered with Leydig cell activity, but the suppression was offset with the introduction of HCG.

There a simple way to know or not I will be testing the green tea caps next week. Will see wat happens and go from there then will have some results on any diffrence.

Thanks for the links PB

Im just waiting for the green tea caps to arrive still. Then will update once they arrive better be here soon!

Hello the green tea caps arrived today at last! Been waiting that long first one never turned up then this one now.
 
Just glad got the dam things now I can start using them.

No idea why you'd want to use caps instead of actual green tea! I absolutely love green tea, best thing ever! I only got into it recently, but I've always been a tea fiend. Now all this talk about the health benefits of green tea are a bonus, because I have about 3 cups a day

Anther pack of green tea caps arrived in the post this morning for free!

So now I got 6 month supply now a good deal.
 
 

CitizenKane


No idea why you'd want to use caps instead of actual green tea! I absolutely love green tea, best thing ever! I only got into it recently, but I've always been a tea fiend. Now all this talk about the health benefits of green tea are a bonus, because I have about 3 cups a day

Caps are for when on the go or busy cant take around or something. Just a trial at the moment for the next 3 months.

Hello over 2 weeks now taking the caps wat have I noticed. Well the first thing I noticed digestion when passing in the loo its alot easyer n better. Basicly dont hurt and ant hard lol. Just more softer now which is better for you.

Anything else Im not sure at the moment I think it maybe giving me more energy not sure yet. Been on holiday 8 days got back tonight so its hard to say at mo.