Is Decaffeinated green tea extract Less Beneficial Than Regular Green Tea?
The main purpose of decaffeinated green tea extract is to give green tea lovers all the antioxidants and other beneficial health qualities of green tea, without them also getting the caffeine.
A lot of people are concerned that because it is decaffeinated green tea extract and not a regular green tea extract, that they will actually not be receiving the same amount of beneficial qualities and components that are found in the ordinary tea extract.
However this is just not true and in fact, it has been scientifically proven that decaffeinated green tea extract does have exactly the same amount of EGCG as a regular green tea extract.
If you want to be sure, you can check the ingredients listing on the product before you buy it.
There are actually two types of decaffeinating methods that are used for such products as decaffeinated green tea extract.
One of which uses ethyl acetate solvent, and that retains only 30% of the healthy and beneficial polyphenols.
The other is considered as being the more natural process, which uses only water and carbon dioxide.
There is actually even a way that green tea can be decaffeinated by the drinker, which is in fact used quite often, considering the amount of people that do not want caffeine in their tea.
A cup of regular green tea contains anywhere from 15-30mg of caffeine.
Although the caffeine is not appreciated by some, it is actually necessary in green tea as it provides bitterness.
Therefore, given the amount of caffeine that one cup of green tea contains, this mere one cup would be enough to produce the stimulant effects that are typically associated with caffeine, such as affects to the central nervous system.
Hopefully this article will encourage you to try some decaffeinated green tea extract instead of missing out.
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