Long-term use of a high-dose green tea extract may protect against cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and type 2 diabetes, but may also create liver damage in some people.
A new study points to two genetic variants that predict who may be at risk.
“Learning to predict who will suffer liver damage is potentially important because there’s growing evidence that high-dose green tea extract may have significant health benefits for those who can safely take it,” says Hamed Samavat, an assistant professor of nutrition sciences at the Rutgers School of Health Professions and senior author of the study in the Journal of Dietary Supplements….