Research · Meta-analysis
Green tea catechins decrease total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol: a systematic review and meta-analysis
What it found
Lowered total cholesterol by ~5.5 mg/dL and LDL by ~5.3 mg/dL versus control, with no significant change in HDL or triglycerides.
- Design
- Meta-analysis
- Year
- 2011
- Sample size
- 1,415
- Population
- adults across 20 RCTs (normal-weight and overweight/obese)
- Intervention
- green tea catechins 145–3,000 mg/day for 3–24 weeks
- Outcome
- total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides
- Journal
- Journal of the American Dietetic Association
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.