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Lipton Green Tea a Drug?

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Guest Post Courtesy of the Xtend-Life Blog

That is what the US FDA is saying. Lipton’s have received warning letters from the FDA about reference to the anti-oxidant properties of their green tea.   The why in which Lipton’s present the information is such that the FDA considered that they are marketing an unapproved drug. They are using studies relating to green tea but carried out in a quite different product and environment. I found this quite interesting because more and more food companies are getting away with claims that we as dietary supplement manufacturers cannot even use. We have a blatant case of this in New Zealand which has been going on for years. It is a margarine (which I personally think is bad for you) that contains some plant sterols. This company markets the product on TV specifically with the claim that it will lower your cholesterol by 20%. There is no proof of this beyond the studies that have been done on plant sterols. The studies using plant sterols were done on a controlled basis with measured doses, not someone spreading it on their bread in uncontrolled amounts.  Also, the studies did not mix it with all the other chemicals found…

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