The Consumer Reports article on “15 Supplement Ingredients You Should Always Avoid” included green tea extract powder on the list. Paula and I have used it for a number of years, so I wanted to check out the research behind the potential health issues they claimed could happen to people who regularly use green tea extract powder as part of a supplement plan.

The problem is that the authors didn’t list any references. They had a document that listed their board of experts, the stores they shopped, and a list of criteria they used to select the ingredients; they . . .

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