⚠️ High-dose green tea supplements can badly damage liver. This likely has to do w/ genetic diffs (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36178169/) we don’t test for, so can’t predict who will be harmed by supplements & would avoid. But 🫖 in typical amts is a thing I’ll discuss w/ ppl who have #COVID19. /3 MedSky - ThreadSky

tmprowell.bsky.social • 92 days ago

⚠️ High-dose green tea supplements can badly damage liver. This likely has to do w/ genetic diffs (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36178169/) we don’t test for, so can’t predict who will be harmed by supplements & would avoid. But 🫖 in typical amts is a thing I’ll discuss w/ ppl who have #COVID19. /3

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drawstickpeople.medsky.social•91 days ago

About 20 yrs ago Mayo studied a specific Japanese green tea extract for CLL.

When the pilot was done, pts started to order the specific EGCG from 🇯🇵.

Some heme-oncs were seeing upper & lower GI sx & liver damage. The amt of extract went far beyond what one could get by drinking cups of green tea

radcuellarphd.bsky.social•92 days ago

Reminds me of a show I was watching a long time ago where a physician was being interviewed and said "you eat 45 of anything and you're gonna have a bad time." I think it was 45 oranges but a good reminder that the dose makes the poison, be it oranges or green tea or anything in between.

orna.bsky.social•90 days ago

At presumably lower doses/durations, green tea supplements (or even lots of tea) can cause breast tenderness in menstruating people.

tmprowell.bsky.social•92 days ago

Importantly, none of this proves tea can prevent or treat #COVID19, & should not be viewed as an alternative to things like #GetVaccinated, #WearAMask, or proven treatments. I will drink/gargle 🫖 now if I get sick, but will rely on the above proven risk-reducing interventions. /End #MedSky #IDSky

kidneyrunner.bsky.social•92 days ago

Thanks for this information! I saw how Neosporin in the nasal vestibule has been shown to help reduce risk of infection. Granted being immunocompromised due to a transplant, I still mask. Guess I’ll be adding this to the mix.

julieroo.bsky.social•91 days ago

Interesting. Do you have a source for that?

kidneyrunner.bsky.social•91 days ago

I’d have to find it, stumbled across it a few months back. It was being studied and showed to be highly effective.

julieroo.bsky.social•91 days ago

That’s OK. I’ll Google it! 😊

tmprowell.bsky.social•91 days ago

I think this is the #SciComm
article he is referring to: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/could-putting-neosporin-in-your-nose-fend-off-covid/

julieroo.bsky.social•91 days ago

I was just reading that! I’m just a bit concerned bc I have to go to the dentist after Thanksgiving. Of course I’ll have my mouth wide open, too. Oh well…

drawstickpeople.medsky.social•91 days ago

People were posting about it on 🐦 a few years ago

There's a product sold this purpose

@jonathanconp.bsky.social are you familiar?

jonathanconp.bsky.social•91 days ago

There are a few nasal sprays available—I’m most familiar with Carrageenan nasal spray, available as Betadine Cold Defence. Research here: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8493111/

kidneyrunner.bsky.social•91 days ago

That’s the spray I mentioned. I also used Enovid, but once more studies came out I moved to the Betadine spray. Cost was also a factor in the decision.

jonathanconp.bsky.social•91 days ago

Definitely. Also comfort—Enovid feels like spraying over-chlorinated pool water up your nose

drawstickpeople.medsky.social•91 days ago

Thank you

kidneyrunner.bsky.social•91 days ago

Just one of the various tools out there. I also have Betadine mouth rinse and nasal spray.

honestcanadian.bsky.social•91 days ago

Honestly I scrolled down to see if you would say that before I liked these posts.
Thank you.
Great info.

tmprowell.bsky.social•91 days ago

That’s exactly the right way to read it! 😊

grobielauren.bsky.social•91 days ago

Maybe this is a stupid ?. Does it matter what kind of black chai? Peppermint or ginger or Masala? (Rishi and Tazo have amazing Masala Chai Yogi has a great throat coat chai.) Thanks.

tmprowell.bsky.social•91 days ago

Look at the second post in my thread. They tested about two dozen diff teas.

grobielauren.bsky.social•91 days ago

Thanks.

sylvanbroom.bsky.social•91 days ago

Does the tea have to be hot?

sylvanbroom.bsky.social•91 days ago

Ignore me I read the abstract and got my answer.

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