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Hypokalaemia and drinking green tea: a literature review and report of 2 cases
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- Published on: 7 August 2018
- Published on: 7 August 2018
- Published on: 7 August 2018Hypokalaemia and drinking green tea - animal study shows potential potassium sparing potentialShow More
I read with great interest the thought provoking article by Chong et al.[1] about the potential association between hypokalaemia and excessive green tea intake with or without concomitant medications. I would like to highlight the findings from an Indian animal study on rats [2] which found that green tea extract (GTE) in both high and low doses has significant diuretic activity with increased urinary sodium (Na+) excreti...
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