| Disease | BASED ON CURRENT LITERATURE THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ANY SIGNIFICANT SIDE-EFFECTS OR TOXICITY ASSOCIATED WITH GREEN TEA CONSUMPTION. HOWEVER, OVERCONSUMPTION OF CAFFEINE-CONTAINING SUBSTANCES MAY CAUSE INTOXICAITON BUT NOT CLINICAL
DEPENDENCE. EFFECTS INCLUDE INSOMNIA, RESTLESSNESS, FLUSHING, DIURESIS, TWITCHES, NERVOUSNESS, RAMBLING THOUGHTS AND SPEECH, TACHYCARDIA, AND PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION,W ITH SYMPTOMS LASTING SIX TO 16 HOURS. IN GENERAL, THE STIMULATORY EFFECT
FROM GREEN TEA IS CONSIDERABLY LESS THAN THAT OF COFFEE. |