Green tea supplements ruined my liver
Thank you for posting this article. It gave me pause for thought.<p>I have been taking a green tea supplement occasionally. I saw it in a vitamin store, and bought it because of the supposed benefits of antioxidants. I figured - I have a stressful job, I live in a polluted city and do drink alcohol - I probably need the antioxidants. Plus, something that&#x27;s made out of green tea sounds safe, not likely do any harm, right?<p>Well. I am disposing of the supplement, obviously. More to the point, though, I have to revisit my whole thinking process around supplements. I take a bunch of them, and it&#x27;s purely on the basis of &quot;I read a study somewhere or other that this is supposed to be good for you&quot; - and <i>not</i> because I have a specific health concern that I need to address.<p>This approach suddenly does not seem so sane anymore, and I need to take a step back and rethink what I am doing here.<p>It&#x27;s amazing how easy it is to gradually lose touch with your common sense, simply because you read the &quot;right&quot; subreddits (in this particular case, &#x2F;r&#x2F;nootropics), and start to subscribe to the hype.