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Green Tea Extract 400mg 100 caps.

• Contains bioactive catechins
• Enriched with vitamin C
• Promotes weight loss
• Prevents heart disease
• Strong antioxidant status
• prevention of anti-cancer
• anti-inflammatory properties
• promotes neurogenesis
• Protects against atherosclerosis
• It slows down the aging process
• Prevents hair loss
• Prevents tooth decay

Now Foods Green Tea Extract is a dietary supplement containing 400 mg of extract from green tea leaves in one capsule, which is standardized to a minimum content of 40% bioactive catechins. The product is enriched with vitamin C.

Green tea extract (Green Tea extract) – it is derived from the leaves of Chinese tea (camellia sinensis); has a wide range of pro-health and wight loss properties, reduces the risk of heart diseases and some types of cancer, helps to control body weight. Moreover, it shows anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, antihypertensive and antiatherosclerotic properties.

Green tea leaves contain almost 4 000 biologically active compounds, of which 1/3 are polyphenols. Its valuable components are: caffeine (theine), theobromine, theophylline, theine and a large number of bioactive catechins.

Catechins are valuable substances belonging to the group of polyphenols; They are one of the most powerful antioxidants, accelerate metabolic rate at rest, slow down the aging process, and energize cells. The green tea was found four main catechins: epicatechin (EC), epigallocatechin (EGC), epicatechin gallate (ECG) and epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).

Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is a powerful antioxidant 100 times stronger than vitamin C, and 25 times stronger than vitamin E, and a powerful inhibitor of topoisomerase – some chemotherapeutic drugs work similar – thanks to that it has anti-tumor properties.

Green tea promotes weight loss
It has been shown that the consumption of green tea can increase the resting fat burning, it prevents obesity, increases insulin sensitivity, and glucose tolerance. Caffeine contained in green tea, and a number of polyphenols intensify thermogenesis – or heat production, thereby increasing energy expenditure. One study has shown a 17% increase in the amount of burned fatty acid during the supplementation with a standardized extract.

Green tea in the prevention of coronary heart disease
Numerous scientific experiments have shown a number of benefits as a result of the consumption of green tea in reducing the risk of coronary heart disease, due to the antioxidant properties of catechins, which effectively scavenge free radicals involved in the pathogenesis of many chronic diseases, including diseases of the cardiovascular system.

Green tea protects against tooth decay
Regular consumption of green tea protects against tooth decay, which is associated with bactericidal activity of phenolic compounds. It turns out that these substances are deadly for some strains of bacteria living in the mouth, that are responsible for plaque formation, ie. Staphylococcus mutans and Porphyromonas gingivalis, which are responsible for the formation of so called dental plaque.

Green tea strengthens memory functions
There are indications that regular drinking of green brew improves the functioning of memory and association processes, and it can also reduce the risk of neurodegenerative diseases (eg. Alzheimer's disease). Such action demonstrates one of the bioactive compounds found in green tea – EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate), which has a strong antioxidant potential, as well as promotes neurogenesis, so the process of formation of new nerve cells.

Green tea prevents cancer
Bioactive components of green tea (phenolic compounds) may protect against certain types of cancer through their antioxidant properties, antiproliferative relative to antiangiogenic and cancer cells.

Green tea protects against flu and colds
Green tea can protect against the development of infections of the upper respiratory infections of viral origin, such as colds and flu, as catechins and theanine affect T-lymphocytes activity, ie. immune cells being the first line of defense against pathogens.

Green tea prevents hair loss
Based on preliminary researches it is thought that catechins can slow down the process of hair loss, and positively influence on the tempo of their growth. The basis for this phenomenon have not been fully explained, but it is believed that polyphenols reduce the amount of metabolites of testosterone, which can accelerate hair loss, and also suppresses inflammations occurring within the hair follicles.

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) – it is an essential component of a diet conditioning the proper functioning of the body, which must be supplied with food, since human beings can not synthesize it. It is an important antioxidant, fights free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS), is involved in the metabolism of tyrosine, and the synthesis of norepinephrine and steroid production, and acts as a coenzyme in the process of maturation of collagen.

In summary, Now Foods Green Tea Extract is a dietary supplement designed for people who want to lose weight due to its properties of accelerating metabolism and fat distribution. It is prophylactically recommended to anyone considering its valuable pro-health and anti-cancer properties.