Guest guest Posted January 28, 2005 Report Share Posted January 28, 2005 > > > Green Tea A Performance-Enhancing Drug > > Green tea may soon show up in locker rooms and > doping tests after being > found > to boost exercise endurance in mice up to 24% while > spurring the use of fat > as > energy. While the finding is based on green tea > extract (GTE) and is > difficult > to extrapolate to human athletes, Japanese > researcher Takatoshi Murase > estimates that to match the effects athletes > weighing 75 kilograms (165 > pounds) would need to drink about four cups of green > tea a day�and over > several weeks. " One of our important findings, " > says Murase, " was that a > single high-dose of GTE or its active ingredients > didn't affect performance. > So it's the long-term ingestion of GTE that is > beneficial. " > ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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