Product Introduction

Epicatechin is a flavonol belonging to the group of flavonoids, it can be found in certain plants such as grapes, cocoa beans and tea leaves. Research has indicated that consuming products such as green tea, chocolate and wine containing high levels of epicatechin may provide many health benefits like reducing the likelihood of many common diseases.

The epicatechin powder supplied by Natural Micron International is naturally extract from high quality green tea leaves. Natural Micron International improved their technologies to achive a high purity epicatechin up to 95% (Tested by HPLC). Epicatechin powder has been wildly used as a health food supplement and additive in many consuming products.

Effects/Benefits/Uses

Research has indicated that epicatechin may provide many health benefits and also reduce the likelihood of many common diseases,such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Other research has shown that epicatechin is linked to relieving symptoms caused by those same diseases. Some scientists believe epicatechin can help improve memory as well.

The benefits of epicatechin were initially discovered when a scientist noticed that the Kuna people of Panama had only about a ten percent occurrence of the diseases that are quite prevalent in Western society, specifically heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Upon further research, it was discovered that this group of people consumed large amounts, nearly 40 cups (about 9.4 liters), of cocoa per week. As a result, further research was conducted to find if there was a correlation between the consumption of epicatechin-rich foods and health.

Reseach has also shown that epicatechin is a very strong and valuable antioxidants which may be beneficial to preventing a variety of cancers such as skin cancer.Due to another laboratory study, epicatechin can also reduce the effects of memory loss to help people affected by Alzheimer's disease.

Side Effects

Epicatechin is natural extracted from green tea leaves. So far there is no report of side effects of epicatechin products, so it is considered to be a safe ingredient of food additive and health supplement.