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Originally Posted by cadre
One thing to note is that green tea actually has a pretty high caffeine content. I wouldn't recommend drinking it past 3 in the afternoon (earlier if you are more sensitive).
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Compared to chocolate maybe. Green tea has 1/8th to 1/5th the caffeine content of the typical home brew drip coffee (which itself is significantly less than the typical Starbucks brew). It even has markedly less caffeine than black tea. You can drink up to three cups of green tea and still be below the addictive threshold of caffeine. If you're concerned about caffeine interfering with your sleep, then cut out the coffee and stick to no more than one or two cups of green tea before 3 or 4pm.
You can even buy decaf green tea. Just be sure to buy the kind that's been decaffeinated using the carbon dioxide method, as this ensures none of the health benefits of the tea were removed, i.e. antioxidants, especially the potent epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).
The health benefits of green tea should not be overlooked, which is why I've slipped it in with a sample diet.