GREEN TEA GREEN TEA EXTRACT CONTAINS NUMEROUS COMPOUNDS, INCLUDING POLYPHENOLS AND CATECHINS, THAT PROVIDE POTENT ANTIOXIDANT BENEFITS. ONE CATECHIN IN PARTICULAR, EGCG, HAS DEMONSTRATED EXTRAORDINARY FREE RADICAL QUENCHING POWER IN LABORATORY STUDIES. IN NON-CLINICAL STUDIES, EGCG HAS ALSO BEEN SHOWN TO BE PROTECTIVE AGAINST CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSAULT ON TISSUES AND HELPS TO SUPPORT HEALTHY CELL CYCLE REGULATION. GREEN TEA IS TO BE USED WITH A PROGRAM OF REDUCED INTAKE OF DIETARY CALORIES AND INCREASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY (IF POSSIBLE) TO HELP IN WEIGHT MANAGEMENT. GLUCOMANNAN GLUCOMANNAN HELPS TO LOWER CHOLESTEROL LEVELS BY REDUCING CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION FROM THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. GLUCOMANNAN IS A BULK-FORMING LAXATIVE, PROMOTE BOWEL MOVEMENTS BY INCREASING BULK VOLUME AND WATER CONTENT, AND PROVIDES GENTLE RELIEF OF CONSTIPATION AND/OR IRREGULARITY. INULIN INULIN IS A SOURCE OF FIBER, AND HELPS TO SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN A HEALTHY DIGESTIVE SYSTEM. INULIN HELPS STIMULATE THE GROWTH OF HEALTHY BACTERIA (SUCH AS BIFIDOBATERIA) IN THE INTESTINE/GUT. INULIN HELPS PROVIDE GENTLE RELIEF OF CONSTIPATION AND/OR IRREGULARITY CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS CONSULT A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER PRIOR TO USE IF YOU HAVE A LIVER DISORDER OR DEVELOP SYMPTOMS OF LIVER TROUBLE (SUCH AS ABDOMINAL PAIN, DARK URINE OR JAUNDICE) CONSULT A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER PRIOR TO USE IF YOU ARE PREGNANT OR BREASTFEEDING. CONSULT A HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER PRIOR TO USE IF YOU HAVE AN IRON DEFICIENCY. GREEN TEA CAMARGO AE, DAGUER DA, BARBOSA DS. GREEN TEA EXERTS ANTIOXIDANT ACTION IN VITRO AND ITS CONSUMPTION INCREASES TOTAL SERUM ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL IN NORMAL AND DYSLIPIDEMIC SUBJECTS. NUTRITION RESEARCH 2006;26:626-631. CHANTRE P, LAIRON D. RECENT FINDINGS OF GREEN TEA EXTRACT AR25 (EXOLISE) AND ITS ACTIVITY FOR THE TREATMENT OF OBESITY. PHYTOMEDICINE 2002;9(1):3-8. COIMBRA S, CASTRO E, ROCHA-PEREIRA P, REBELO I, ROCHA S, SANTOS-SILVA A. 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