Weight Loss Supplement Liver Injury: Common Culprits and Warning Signs

• Caffeine anhydrous

  34.5% of the reference amount
  SodaSlim, 1 capsule (label)138 mg

  FDA guide for most healthy adults, all sources400 mg

  Label amount per capsule, next to the research amount (FDA, Spilling the beans: how much caffeine is too much).

• Green tea extract

  16.2% of the reference amount
  SodaSlim, 1 capsule (label)130 mg

  Daily extract amount where liver enzymes rose800 mg

  Label amount per capsule, next to the research amount (MSK, Green tea (About Herbs)).

• Green coffee bean extract

  65% of the reference amount
  SodaSlim, 1 capsule (label)130 mg

  Daily amount the NIH calls seemingly safe for 12 weeks200 mg

  Label amount per capsule, next to the research amount (NIH ODS, Weight loss supplements (consumers)).

• EGCG in the green tea extract (about)

  7.3% of the reference amount
  SodaSlim, 1 capsule (label)58 mg

  Daily EGCG from supplements where EFSA saw early liver signs800 mg

  Label amount per capsule, next to the research amount (IFST, EFSA green tea catechins safety assessment).

Brown bars: the daily amount on the SodaSlim label (one capsule a day). Lime bars: a reference amount that a source reports, set to full width: a limit or the level where a safety signal appeared. A reference amount says what was tested or flagged, not what works for you, and no study tested SodaSlim.