Green Tea, Fat Burning and Dosage

Hi, I have Now Foods Green Tea where 1 400mg capsule contains a minimum of 99% Total Polyphenols, 80% Total Catechins, and 50% EGCg.

As I have seen the capsule formulation for weight loss is not as good as they say, I want to use natural green tea like yours, but I don't know which grade contains how much polyphenols, EGCg and Catechins.

Jipin Grade 50 grams Sampler
Golden Wizard

What ingredients per 1 gram this tea has?

Is 1 gram of Golden Wizard like about 2.5 capsules?

I want to take 400mg of Green Tea daily that means I will use about 0.5 Grams of yours Tea? Or there is another measurement?

I'm interesting in weight loss. If you have any recommendations, can you tell me?

Answer:

Jim, thank you for your question. I will try to help the best I can.

The Golden Wizard is an oolong tea, so it is probably not what you want.

I understand you are looking to consume the equal of about 400 milligrams of green tea extract for weight loss.

For high grade green tea, the rough rule of thumb is that 1 gram contains approximately 10% antioxidants - about 100 milligrams.

So the equal of 400 milligrams of catechins is about 4 grams of tea leaves per day.

This is a rough guide, higher grades harvested early in the season, which have richer taste, will contain more antioxidants.

This is because the Chinese and Japanese scientists have long discovered that the youngest tea buds contain the highest concentration of catechins and caffeine - both compounds are very good at promoting weight loss.

I can recommend three green teas for you to experiment:

Tribute Dragon Well tea - this green tea comes directly from a tea garden serving the Chinese White House... very classy and popular. Past customers have found it promotes weight loss.

Dragon Well Tea (Longjing) - Finally! World's Best Green Tea
Revealed

Zhejiang Biluochun - this green tea has very tender tea buds - known to be very rich in catechins and thus good for weight loss.

Biluochun Tea (Piluochun) - Introducing Zhejiang AAA Grade

Yellow Mountain tea - this green tea is lower budget and is harvested later. But it is good for beginners because it comes pre-packed (3 grams each). A good starting point. Will also have weight loss effects.

The 2009 crop has not been harvested yet and will only be ready to ship end of this month.

Huangshan Maofeng Everyday Grade
(Yellow Mountain Tea) - Could You Have Guessed?

My suggestion is that you get yourself any one of the above three teas and start enjoying it.

Learn to recognise green tea's rich favors (because they are a sign of quality signalling the presence of catechins and antioxidants).

Over time, you should feel more energy. Weight loss and fat burning would also come with other health benefits.

I hope this helps.

Julian