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Bruce Al

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Precautions
 
The use of herbs is a time-honored approach to strengthening the body and treating disease. However, herbs contain active substances that can trigger side effects and interact with other herbs, supplements, or medications. For these reasons, people should take herbs with care, under the supervision of a practitioner knowledgeable in the field of botanical medicine.
 
People with heart problems or high blood pressure, kidney problems, liver problems, stomach ulcers, and psychological disorders, particularly anxiety, should not take green tea. Pregnant and breastfeeding women should also avoid green tea.
 
People with anemia, diabetes, glaucoma, or osteoporosis should ask their health care provider before drinking green tea or taking an extract.
 
People who drink large amounts of caffeine, including caffeine from green tea, for long periods of time may experience irritability, insomnia, heart palpitations, and dizziness. Caffeine overdose can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches, and loss of appetite. If you are drinking a lot of tea and start to vomit or have abdominal spasms, you may have caffeine poisoning. If your symptoms are severe, lower your caffeine intake and see your health care provider.
 
Possible Interactions
 
If you are being treated with any of the following medications, you should not drink green tea or take green tea extract without first talking to your health care provider:
 
Adenosine -- Green tea may inhibit the actions of adenosine, a medication given in the hospital for an irregular and usually unstable heart rhythm.
 
Beta-lactam -- Green tea may increase the effectiveness of beta-lactam antibiotics by making bacteria less resistant to treatment.
 
Benzodiazepines -- Caffeine, including caffeine from green tea, may reduce the sedative effects of these medications commonly used to treat anxiety, such as diazepam (Valium) and lorazepam (Ativan).
 
Beta-blockers, Propranolol, and Metoprolol -- Caffeine, including caffeine from green tea, may increase blood pressure in people taking propranolol (Inderal) and metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol XL). These medications are used to treat high blood pressure and heart disease.
 
Blood Thinning Medications -- People who take warfarin (Coudamin) should not drink green tea. Since green tea contains vitamin K, it can make this medication ineffective. You should not mix green tea and aspirin because they both prevent blood from clotting. Using the two together may increase your risk of bleeding.
 
Chemotherapy -- The combination of green tea and chemotherapy medications, specifically doxorubicin and tamoxifen, increased the effectiveness of these medications in laboratory tests. However, the same results have not been found in studies on people. On the other hand, there have been reports of both green and black tea extracts affecting a gene in prostate cancer cells that may make them less sensitive to chemotherapy drugs. For that reason, people should talk to their doctors before drinking black and green tea or taking tea extracts while undergoing chemotherapy.
 
Clozapine (Clozaril) -- The effects of the clozapine may be reduced if taken within 40 minutes after drinking green tea.
 
Ephedrine -- When taken with ephedrine, green tea may cause agitation, tremors, insomnia, and weight loss.
 
Lithium -- Green tea has been shown to reduce blood levels of lithium, a medication used to treat bipolar disorder. That can make lithium less effective.
 
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs) -- Green tea may cause a severe increase in blood pressure, called a "hypertensive crisis," when taken together with these drugs used to treat depression. Examples of MAOIs include:
 
Isocarboxazid (Marplan)
Moclobemide (Manerix)
Phenelzine (Nardil)
Tranylcypromine (Parnate)
Birth control pills -- Oral contraceptives can prolong the amount of time caffeine stays in the body, which may increase its stimulating effects.
 
Phenylpropanolamine -- A combination of caffeine, including caffeine from green tea, and phenylpropanolamine, used in many over-the-counter and prescription cough and cold medications and weight loss products, may cause mania and a severe increase in blood pressure. The FDA issued a public health advisory in November 2000 to warn people of the risk of bleeding in the brain from use of this medication and urged all manufacturers of this drug to remove it from the market. Most drugs that contained phenylpropanolamine have been reformulated without it.
 
Quinolone antibiotics -- Green tea may makes these medications more effective and also increase the risk of side effects. These medications include:
 
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
Enoxacin (Penetrex)
Grepafloxacin (Raxar)
Norfloxacin (Chibroxin, Noroxin)
Sparfloxacin (Zagam)
Trovafloxacin (Trovan)
Other medications -- Green tea, especially caffeinated green tea, may interact with a number for medications, including:
 
Acetaminophen (Tylenol)
Carbamazepine (Tegretol)
Dipyridamole (Persatine)
Estrogen
Fluvoxamine (Luvox)
Methotrexate
Mexiletine (Mexitil)
Phenobarbital
Theophylline
Verapamil (Bosoptin, Calan, Covera- HS, Verelan, Verelan PM)
To be safe, check with your health care provider before drinking or taking green tea if you also take other medications.
 
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Green tea is like brown tea but the tea is green instead of brown

that's interesting. btw did you know that the use of herbs is a time-honored approach to strengthening the body and treating disease. However, herbs contain active substances that can trigger side effects and interact with other herbs, supplements, or medications. For these reasons, people should take herbs with care, under the supervision of a practitioner knowledgeable in the field of botanical medicine.

 
People with heart problems or high blood pressure, kidney problems, liver problems, stomach ulcers, and psychological disorders, particularly anxiety, should not take green tea. Pregnant and breastfeeding women should also avoid green tea.
 
People with anemia, diabetes, glaucoma, or osteoporosis should ask their health care provider before drinking green tea or taking an extract.
 
People who drink large amounts of caffeine, including caffeine from green tea, for long periods of time may experience irritability, insomnia, heart palpitations, and dizziness. Caffeine overdose can cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headaches, and loss of appetite. If you are drinking a lot of tea and start to vomit or have abdominal spasms, you may have caffeine poisoning. If your symptoms are severe, lower your caffeine intake and see your health care provider.
 
Possible Interactions
 
If you are being treated with any of the following medications, you should not drink green tea or take green tea extract without first talking to your health care provider:
 
Adenosine -- Green tea may inhibit the actions of adenosine, a medication given in the hospital for an irregular and usually unstable heart rhythm.
 
Beta-lactam -- Green tea may increase the effectiveness of beta-lactam antibiotics by making bacteria less resistant to treatment.
 
Benzodiazepines -- Caffeine, including caffeine from green tea, may reduce the sedative effects of these medications commonly used to treat anxiety, such as diazepam (Valium) and lorazepam (Ativan).
 
Beta-blockers, Propranolol, and Metoprolol -- Caffeine, including caffeine from green tea, may increase blood pressure in people taking propranolol (Inderal) and metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol XL). These medications are used to treat high blood pressure and heart disease.
 
Blood Thinning Medications -- People who take warfarin (Coudamin) should not drink green tea. Since green tea contains vitamin K, it can make this medication ineffective. You should not mix green tea and aspirin because they both prevent blood from clotting. Using the two together may increase your risk of bleeding.
 
Chemotherapy -- The combination of green tea and chemotherapy medications, specifically doxorubicin and tamoxifen, increased the effectiveness of these medications in laboratory tests. However, the same results have not been found in studies on people. On the other hand, there have been reports of both green and black tea extracts affecting a gene in prostate cancer cells that may make them less sensitive to chemotherapy drugs. For that reason, people should talk to their doctors before drinking black and green tea or taking tea extracts while undergoing chemotherapy.
 
Clozapine (Clozaril) -- The effects of the clozapine may be reduced if taken within 40 minutes after drinking green tea.
 
Ephedrine -- When taken with ephedrine, green tea may cause agitation, tremors, insomnia, and weight loss.
 
Lithium -- Green tea has been shown to reduce blood levels of lithium, a medication used to treat bipolar disorder. That can make lithium less effective.
 
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs) -- Green tea may cause a severe increase in blood pressure, called a "hypertensive crisis," when taken together with these drugs used to treat depression. Examples of MAOIs include:
 
Isocarboxazid (Marplan)
Moclobemide (Manerix)
Phenelzine (Nardil)
Tranylcypromine (Parnate)
Birth control pills -- Oral contraceptives can prolong the amount of time caffeine stays in the body, which may increase its stimulating effects.
 
Phenylpropanolamine -- A combination of caffeine, including caffeine from green tea, and phenylpropanolamine, used in many over-the-counter and prescription cough and cold medications and weight loss products, may cause mania and a severe increase in blood pressure. The FDA issued a public health advisory in November 2000 to warn people of the risk of bleeding in the brain from use of this medication and urged all manufacturers of this drug to remove it from the market. Most drugs that contained phenylpropanolamine have been reformulated without it.
 
Quinolone antibiotics -- Green tea may makes these medications more effective and also increase the risk of side effects. These medications include:
 
Ciprofloxacin (Cipro)
Enoxacin (Penetrex)
Grepafloxacin (Raxar)
Norfloxacin (Chibroxin, Noroxin)
Sparfloxacin (Zagam)
Trovafloxacin (Trovan)
Other medications -- Green tea, especially caffeinated green tea, may interact with a number for medications, including:
 
Acetaminophen (Tylenol)
Carbamazepine (Tegretol)
Dipyridamole (Persatine)
Estrogen
Fluvoxamine (Luvox)
Methotrexate
Mexiletine (Mexitil)
Phenobarbital
Theophylline
Verapamil (Bosoptin, Calan, Covera- HS, Verelan, Verelan PM)
To be safe, check with your health care provider before drinking or taking green tea if you also take other medications. Please...stay safe
 
btw guys i spent a lot of time researching and writing this helpful and informative post so if you would vote for it as post of the month by liking it, it would be much appreciated
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btw guys i spent a lot of time researching and writing this helpful and informative post so if you would vote for it as post of the month by liking it, it would be much appreciated

thanks a lot brah 10/10 post would read again i found very informative and well structured have given kudos hope you can win some proteins to fuel further research endeavours in future

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