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Have you been using a green tea supplement?  Many people do, this is due its natural content of antioxidants that are so sought after by people pursuing good health. Green tea has up to 20 times more active antioxidants than Vitamin C supplements.

The main cardinal antioxidant ingredient comes from the green tea catechins or GTC. This is made up of epicatechin derivatives of which there are four, epicatechin or EC, epigallocatchin or EGC, epicatechin gallate or ECG and epigallocatechin gallate or EGCG. Other chemicals that make up green tea that are helpful to the human body are kaempferol, quercetin and myricetin.  Read more... (313 words, estimated 1:15 mins reading time)