http://is.gd/3R2K8 [www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
"Since no long-term effects of [green tea extract] were observed, the study essentially served as a fruit and vegetables depletion study. The overall effect of the 10-week period without dietary fruits and vegetables was a decrease in oxidative damage to DNA, blood proteins, and plasma lipids, concomitantly with marked changes in antioxidative defence."