Supposedly, Green Tea that is decaffeinated using the natural process of effervescence retains ~95% of the anti-oxidants.
I'm not sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, it seems like you get all the good stuff and can avoid the caffeine.
On the otherhand, our understanding of antioxidants and/or WHY green tea has such potent effects seems to be limited. To my knowledge, there have been no major studies done using decaffeinated Green Tea. Also, there have been studies with Black Tea, which shows similar positive effects, but supposedly a very large percentage of the antioxidants are destroyed in the fermentation process that creates Black Tea.
So in conclusion, I'm going to stick with caffeinated Green Tea for now, even though I normally try to avoid Caffeine altogether.
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