Comment · Fri, March 20, 2020 · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
You might not want to be taking EGCG now that coronavirus is afoot
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redditinface · 14 points
Emphasis on might. But Dr. Fauci lays out his concern about ACE inhibitors and coronavirus in his coronavirus update today, and EGCG is an ACE inhibitor.
But I want to emphasize that the jury is still out on this, and that several cardiology associations do not think the current evidence supports any action at this time.
What they were answering
Carlo_Belsenza · 3 points
Green tea appears to minimize lung damage as well as inhibiting interleukin-6. Shouldn't that help fight off the virus at its worst?
Lung damage:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0954611109001498
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1810371/
IL-6
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · Natrium Health & Nootropics Depot
It very well could. I am taking it every day myself. I do think the zinc ionophore actions of it are a big mechanism behind which it is having these effects.