(xpost) 'The food supplement that ruined my liver'

[Richard D]

11. It may not just be the green tea

If green tea itself caused liver damage, there would be a lot of liver damage cases in China and Asia. I don't believe this is so.
I wonder what else was in the capsule, as few supplements are just one thing. Also, perhaps he was taking a lot of these in the very American idea of if some is good, a lot will be better.

The quality of the tea might also be an issue. Much of the tea from China is contaminated with heavy metals.

Of course, the possible genetic predisposition to EGCG damage could be something that was edited out of the gene pool in Asia.