Green Tea Tablets

[TTC5]

I have a bottle and it says each tablet is eq. to green tea leaf 13.6g (13,800mg).
1 tablet daily. I have been taking just half a tablet, do you think this is still too much to be having daily?

ETA: Does dh take these too?

[Zivic-Bubac]

DH shouldn't take Green Tea as it contains phytoestrogens and they can raise estrogen.
About tbl dosage IDK....

[Plum3]

Oh, so does this mean DH shouldn't drink green tea either?

[Zivic-Bubac]

Yep, DH shouldn't take it.
On the other hand we should as it improves overall fertility, helps with CM and sways :bigboy:

[Plum3]

Better cross that off his list then. Thanks for the info Zivic.

[TTC5]

Oops I was giving some to DH last month :S

[atomic sagebrush]

I don't think DH drinking green tea, even every day, can sway that much, so don't worry TTC.

[atomic sagebrush]

DH shouldn't take Green Tea as it contains phytoestrogens and they can raise estrogen.
About tbl dosage IDK....

Good info thank you!

I did want to let you guys know that phytoestrogens are a confusing thing with a lot of unknowns (soy is a phytoestrogen) because it's not at all clear if they really raise estrogen at all or LOWER it by competing with your body's natural estrogen and also tricking your body into making less estrogen.

I drank green tea a lot before I TTC DS 3 and so did DH so I know that it's not a magic bullet either way but just sharing the infop.

[TTC5]

Sorry meant to say I gave dh green tea tablets - not tea ;)

[Zivic-Bubac]

Atomic, I have a q: why we should stop Green tea in 2WW ( or it was once we get BFP :think:) Is it because of spina bifida?

My sister was drinking Green Tea before getting pg ( she wasn't swaying, she drank it for its health benefits) and kept drinking it throughout the whole pregnancy and of course took FA but only 400mcg daily and she had healthy baby boy ( she always wanted a daughter btw :sigh:)

Do you think 1 cup daily maybe safe? I know my sister's experience doesn't have universal significance lol!

TTC 5, I've googled a bit and it seems 1cup of green tea provides 10-50 mg of polyphenols and other benefit substances and I've found Green Tea tablets online with maximum dosage of 500mg. So I have no idea are that high dosage like your tbl safe? :suprise:

[TTC5]

Gosh I hope so :S

[TTC5]

here these are the ones

[atomic sagebrush]

Atomic, I have a q: why we should stop Green tea in 2WW ( or it was once we get BFP :think:) Is it because of spina bifida?

My sister was drinking Green Tea before getting pg ( she wasn't swaying, she drank it for its health benefits) and kept drinking it throughout the whole pregnancy and of course took FA but only 400mcg daily and she had healthy baby boy ( she always wanted a daughter btw :sigh:)

Do you think 1 cup daily maybe safe? I know my sister's experience doesn't have universal significance lol!

TTC 5, I've googled a bit and it seems 1cup of green tea provides 10-50 mg of polyphenols and other benefit substances and I've found Green Tea tablets online with maximum dosage of 500mg. So I have no idea are that high dosage like your tbl safe? :suprise:

I think it's because of the caffeine and also because of the folic acid link.

I do think 1 cup a day is probably safe in most instances, but since there IS a link to the folic acid-green tea, I am just very wary of telling people to continue it during pregnancy.

[atomic sagebrush]

here these are the ones
http://www.fusionhealth.com.au/ecommerce.php?ecompage=viewdetails&stockcode=F163&stk_group=&stk_category=Green Tea&keywords=&page=1

Boy I don't know about those ones. I don't like the big "do not take during pregnancy" warning on them. Is that a commonly available brand in Aus??