lastpatriot Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Hello folks! I'm brand spanking new to the site and and hoping that you all can give me some advice/suggestions on a concern I have. I am currently in a heavy physical training program and will soon begin a transformation competition. I spent about a year doing nothing and giving myself every excuse NOT to exercise. I've finally come to that reality check where it's time to change. My question though is relating specifically to the Word of Wisdom in it's relation to green tea. Most of the metabolism supplements that have been recommended to me have green tea extract in them. What I have read is that the active ingredients in green tea responsible for the fat-burning effect I'm working towards are catechins, particularly one known as epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). I'm wondering though, would taking a supplement with this extract in it be a violation of the Word of Wisdom? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) Talk to your bishop. My own sense is that we are to avoid tea (meaning green tea and black tea, including "white" tea). Dehydrating the tea and then putting the result in capsule form seems just another way of drinking tea. There are many Latter-day Saints, even on this very list, who have turned their physical health around for the better and climbed the mountain you are attacking, and who did not eat tea extracts doing it. I suggest you make a determination to avoid those thing the Word of Wisdom counsels against, and perhaps talk to others who have successfully trodden the path you are starting. Edited July 29, 2015 by Vort Backroads and mirkwood 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRNoDoubts Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Lot's of meta supps without green tea leaves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastpatriot Posted July 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 That's pretty much what I was thinking but wanted to bounce my concern off you folks as well. Thanks for responding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Folk Prophet Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Is it me or did this get posted twice? http://lds.net/forums/topic/57569-physical-training-word-of-wisdom-question/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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