Green tea can cause liver damage: Study

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Green tea is widely known for health benefits, but a new study is raising concerns over a serious side effect for some green tea drinkers.

In some cases, drinking green tea led to liver failure, especially in women.

But for some people, drinking green tea in combination with other medicines and herbs can lead to liver injury. Malnick, who is a gastroenterology and internal medicine specialist at Kaplan Medical Center, also described to thea case involving a 23-year-old patient who drank two to three cups of green tea daily, and whose condition deteriorated within a month that a liver transplant was needed.

 

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