Are There Any Green Tea Side Effects?
If it's green tea everybody around would only talking about its benefits and it's overall impact on our body as a positive effect. But there is also a question, which may be with many individuals are there any side effects of green tea, if there are then what are they. If we are looking for any information with regards to green tea we would always find write ups filled with praises all over of this herbal product. The various diseases it helps fight are heart problems, cancer, infections, arthritis, and immune system related. The most recent finding about green tea is that it can even help fighting against HIV.
Possible Green Tea Side Effects
To start with green tea is free of any possible side effect, till now there are no such records about its side effect. Pregnant women however are advised to restrict there intake at the time of pregnancy the reason being it is found by different studies or research that the epigallocatechins or the EGCG affect the manner folate is consumed by the body. Folate is an element which is of a great importance for pregnant women as its function is to check in newborns the defects at the time of birth in neural tube.
The explanation as to how the folate processing is affected is that EGCG which is found in green tea and methotrexate another compound are very similar structurally. This compound further when combined with an enzyme dihydrofolate reductase or abbreviated as DHFR is supposed to help in killing of cancerous cells. This dihydrofolate reductase or DHFR also help in converting the nutrient folate into the essentials needed by human body to retain normal functioning. Understanding the chemical structure of both methotrexate and EGCG which further adds up with the DHFR when this reaction takes place the processing of folate gets affected.
Its is been advised that during pregnancy pregnant women should not have green tea, the reason being that there are no specific measures and counts to how much green tea is good for women during pregnancy and there side effects on them, so just cutting down on intake of green tea is also not advisable, One should refrain from drinking green tea during pregnancy.
The side effect discussed above there are no other side effects due to green tea , recent studies by the medical fraternity have come with observations that the little amount of caffeine present in green tea may be a reason to trigger insomnia in some people the same way consumption of coffee may have on human beings. This observation are probability of certain people in the medical research field with no evidence to prove it, it’s on assumptions. Just to be on a safe side women are advised to not to consume tea during pregnancy.
Studies have another set of views to green tea drinking, moderate amount of caffeine be it from source such as tea or coffee actually does not pose any risk to baby or would-be mothers. The situation can be alarming to dangerous if there is a daily consumption and that too amounting to multiple cups of tea (green tea). The effects could range from premature birth, low birth weight, and also fetal death.
