Green tea extract & ashwagandha

[Bowling55]

Hello Y’all, I hope you all can help. I have been searching the post for hours, then I said why don’t I just ask. So, What is the dosage of green tea extract. I purchased Mucuna powder from Banyan botanicals. Also I have noticed that some use ashwagandha, what is the dosage. I Will be taking 1/2tsp twice a day as recommended. Also should it be taken at the same time as the Mucuna Thanks

[park_bear]

Be careful with the green tea extract

efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.co...

"Moderate or more severe abnormalities in any liver function were observed in 5.1% of the treated subjects in a study with more than 500 subjects treated with 843 mg EGCG/day for one year."

[Bowling55 in reply to park_bear]

Can I use regular green tea.?

[Bowling55 in reply to Bowling55]

Thanks for info on green tea. What other substances are used to replace Carbidopa and how much? for example I noticed some using 5-HTP but at what dosage? Thanks

[park_bear in reply to Bowling55]

I am not aware of any nonprescription substance that replaces carbidopa.

" Drinking green tea has not been associated with liver injury"

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK5...

[Bowling55 in reply to park_bear]

Thanks for clarifying that. That’s good to know🤗

[Toogood in reply to park_bear]

Doesn’t mucuna do that..

[17Hillview in reply to Toogood]

No. The mucuna replaces only the levadopa.

[Zardoz]

Ashwagandha is also known as withania somnifera. Another member found that it is synergistic with mucuna. Find the link to his research on this link:

healthunlocked.com/parkinso......

I use Swanson's "Ultimate Ashwagandha" and just follow the label directions of 2 capsules/day.

[fifthbird]

Hi Bowling55: I use GNC Ashwaganda Extract. I take just one 470mg capsule at bedtime to help with sleep. At times I've felt it was very effective, now that I've been using it for a while and some additional factors are contributing to insomnia, I'm not so sure -- but I'm still taking it. I do know that it doesn't interfere with my levodopa dose. (I don't use Mucuna so I can't speak to that.)

[Bowling55 in reply to fifthbird]

Thanks I will consider that. I am having problems sleeping lately.

[Vegegardner]

Does green tea tincture work the same as a decarboloxase inhibitor.?