EGCG
Camellia sinensis
Pooled across 27 randomized trials in 2,194 adults, tea leaf lowered fasting blood sugar.
What the evidence shows
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Works on the tags that switch genes on or off, which drift with age, and on cellular quality control, the orderly retirement of damaged cells.
Taken long term, green tea’s EGCG lowered p21 in the fat of aging mice, where it had climbed steadily in the animals without it.
Over twelve weeks in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, green tea catechins (EGCG) improved performance on a continuous-attention task.
Epigallocatechin gallate, from green tea, turns down NF-kB's inflammatory switch, raises adiponectin and lowers the body fat a person carries.
Green tea's leading catechin restrains myostatin, the protein that limits how much muscle can grow, and fiber gains size and strength as a result.
Sets the gut's incretin flowing, lifts adiponectin and fullness, and nudges the body to spend stored fat.
Works on IL-17: the signal that guards the body's surfaces and, left unchecked, drives autoimmune inflammation.
Green tea's catechin works three ways on renal tissue — it calms inflammatory signals, restrains the TGF-beta drive toward scar, and helps renal cells endure.
Green tea's leading catechin tames the appetite of the repair enzyme that burns through NAD+, leaving more of that fuel for the cell's upkeep.
Pooled across 59 randomized trials, green tea extract raised adiponectin and lowered body weight and body fat; in a separate randomized trial it tightened the gut wall and lowered circulating endotoxin.
Human skin cells age two ways in culture, by dividing too often and by oxidative wear, and green-tea EGCG held off both.
In human hair follicles kept alive outside the body, EGCG promoted hair growth and multiplied the dermal papilla cells that drive it.
Across eight randomized trials, EGCG raised daily energy burn by about 158 kilojoules, some 38 calories, against placebo.
Where it appears
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- ACB (Cell-Cycle Checkpoint Restraint)
- ALZ (Memory Preservation)
- Ceramide Blocker (Lipotoxicity Neutralizer)
- Event Horizon (Post-Ethanol Restoration)
- Gainz (Muscle, Strength & Recovery)
- GLP-1 Activator (Endogenous Incretin Support)
- Spice (Anti-Inflammatory Polyphenol Powerhouse)
- Jing Force (Kidney Restoration)
- NAD+ Booster (Cellular Energy Currency)
- Obesogen Blocker (Endocrine Disruptor Defense)
- Ocular (Retinal & Macular Support)
- Super Tonic Hair (Follicular Restoration)
- Thermo (Thermogenic Disposal)