Green tea extract may cause liver damage (foodaily)

the Norwegian Food Safety Authority warned that green tea extract supplements could cause liver damage.said
Matilsynet
, a spokesman for the agency, had received several negative reports related to green tea supplements, most of them related to liver damage.Mattilsynet
points out that the high level of active ingredients in the product
EGCG
(table no eater, no cerium, no ethyl acid) is much higher than the levels consumed by drinking green tea.evidence of the health benefits of green tea has been growing, focusing on anti-cancer efficacy and metabolic cardiovascular and cognitive health., however, there have been concerns about the possible toxicity of high concentration levels of green tea extract.published
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Annals of Internal Medicine
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Dozens of papers in the journal Pharmacology
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacologyare related to cases of liver damage caused by green tea
EGCG
.
Roy Upton
, founder of
American Herbal Pharmacopoeia
, told sister publication
NutraInredients-US
:
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that there are at least
20 cases of liver damage associated with green tea
supplements.
Bucchini
, general manager of
Hylobates Consulting
, an Italian company, says the problem is well known but has never really

.issue was also addressed by the European Food Safety Authority (
EFSA
) in a

guidance document on plant safety assessments."
Norwegian authorities say the green tea extract used is safe for most people when it is in a certain number of ranges. However, there are no new risk assessments or risk management decisions at the EU level. The problem is that we need a scientific plant regulatory process, which has not yet been done, and unfortunately has been constrained by those who oppose plants.
”ConditionsMatilsynet
advises consumers to buy only from strict merchants, and advises consumers to read the product description carefully to avoid eating on an empty stomach."
assumes that people take these
EGCG
supplements on an empty stomach, the effects of carpentin concentrated on the liver on an empty stomach may be different from those of the liver undergoing food metabolism, said
Mark Blumenthal
, executive director of the
American Plant Council
. A person on an empty stomach may have an injury mechanism, either of which mechanism is assumed to have one.
”Symptoms of liver damage include dark urine and jaundice.