In contrast, green tea capsule ingestion (582.8 mg of catechins
and 72.3 mg of caffeine) over 12 weeks promoted a significant
reduction of BMI measures, body fat percentage, adipose mass,
and waist and hip circumferences and fat-free mass increase
[9], a fact observed by other investigators [7,10]. Thus, capsules
currently found in the market need substantial adjustments in
catechin and caffeine concentrations, with special attention to
the industrialization process, aimed at preserving the phenolic
compounds. Our experimental period (four weeks) consuming
two daily capsules of green tea (12.4 mg of catechins and 0.58 mg
of caffeine) was insufficient to alter the body composition of the
evaluated women.