Comment · Thu, July 25, 2019 · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
how to take ECGC + 5-HTP?
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unfortunatefortunes · 9 points
1. How long before 5-HTP do I take the ECGC?
2. What is the right dosage for ECGC?
My 5-HTP dose is 200mg, once per week. The ECGC I have is LifeExtension Mega Green Tea Extract where one 725mg capsule is 98% polyphenols of which 326mg is ECGC. Reading about ECGC and liver failure, that much ECGC seems a little high, but then I'm taking it just once per week.
Edit: From Wikipedia:
After consumption, EGCG blood levels peak within 1.7 hours.
Also this study says maximum plasma concentrations took 1.8 to 3.3 for 5-HTP, so it seems taking them at the same time makes sense.
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unfortunatefortunes · 1 points
I simply don't like drinking tea. For me it's like drinking dirty water, but you do you. Also I'm doing this for sleep and tea can have caffeine (maybe there are caffeine free green teas, I don't know, I don't drink tea).
No one really cares to mention this but the whole egcg-5HTP theory is not supported by actual literature. It’s just an educated hypothesis.
This at least shows the bioavailability can be higher than 50% with a decarboxylase inhibitor:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6966118
I agree that a time release 5HTP would be interesting. /u/MisterYouAreSoDumb, maybe you can make that happen?
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
I am not sure if we can be competitive on price for a time-release 5-HTP, but I can look into it.