{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,27]],"date-time":"2025-08-27T06:40:18Z","timestamp":1756276818233,"version":"3.44.0"},"reference-count":16,"publisher":"BMJ","content-domain":{"domain":["bmj.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["BMJ Case Reports"],"accepted":{"date-parts":[[2016,2,4]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>We report the association between excessive consumption of green tea and hypokalaemia in an Oriental couple. Both patients were asymptomatic and the abnormal electrolyte level was only detected on routine blood tests. When they were advised to reduce the consumption of green tea, the abnormally low potassium level was reversed. We have not found such an association reported in the medical literature. The health benefits of green tea consumption are well publicised but the potential side-effects of overconsumption are less well known. We would like to report this association to alert clinicians about this potentially serious complication. This is especially relevant for those who are also taking prescribed medications that can lower potassium levels and\/or sensitise patients to potential harm from hypokalaemia.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1136\/bcr-2016-214425","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,2,16]],"date-time":"2016-02-16T07:50:27Z","timestamp":1455609027000},"page":"bcr2016214425","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Hypokalaemia and drinking green tea: a literature review and report of 2 cases"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"2016","author":[{"given":"Sebastian Jen Kin","family":"Chong","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kerry Antoinette","family":"Howard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Rosendale Surgery, London, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chloe","family":"Knox","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,2,16]]},"reference":[{"doi-asserted-by":"publisher","key":"2025082623052211000_2016.feb16_1.bcr2016214425.1","DOI":"10.1016\/j.lfs.2007.06.011"},{"doi-asserted-by":"publisher","key":"2025082623052211000_2016.feb16_1.bcr2016214425.2","DOI":"10.2188\/jea.JE20130063"},{"doi-asserted-by":"publisher","key":"2025082623052211000_2016.feb16_1.bcr2016214425.3","DOI":"10.1016\/j.phrs.2011.03.002"},{"doi-asserted-by":"publisher","key":"2025082623052211000_2016.feb16_1.bcr2016214425.4","DOI":"10.1016\/j.phrs.2011.03.009"},{"doi-asserted-by":"publisher","key":"2025082623052211000_2016.feb16_1.bcr2016214425.5","DOI":"10.5692\/clinicalneurol.53.239"},{"doi-asserted-by":"publisher","key":"2025082623052211000_2016.feb16_1.bcr2016214425.6","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJM199808133390707"},{"issue":"12","key":"2025082623052211000_2016.feb16_1.bcr2016214425.7","first-page":"CD008650","article-title":"Green tea for weight loss and weight maintenance in overweight or obese adults","volume":")","author":"Jurgens","year":"2012","journal-title":"Cochrane Database Syst Rev"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Boehm K , Borrelli F , Ernst E , et al . Green tea (Camellia sinensis) for the prevention of cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2009;(3) : CD005004. doi:10.1002\/14651858.CD005004.pub2","key":"2025082623052211000_2016.feb16_1.bcr2016214425.8","DOI":"10.1002\/14651858.CD005004.pub2"},{"doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Hartley L , Flowers N , Holmes J , et al . Green and black tea for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2013;(6): CD009934.","key":"2025082623052211000_2016.feb16_1.bcr2016214425.9","DOI":"10.1002\/14651858.CD009934.pub2"},{"doi-asserted-by":"publisher","key":"2025082623052211000_2016.feb16_1.bcr2016214425.10","DOI":"10.1111\/bcp.12519"},{"doi-asserted-by":"publisher","key":"2025082623052211000_2016.feb16_1.bcr2016214425.11","DOI":"10.3143\/geriatrics.49.617"},{"key":"2025082623052211000_2016.feb16_1.bcr2016214425.12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"pii:bcr2013201007","DOI":"10.1136\/bcr-2013-201007","article-title":"Lethal liquorice lollies (liquorice abuse causing pseudohyperaldosteronism)","volume":"2013","author":"Robles","year":"2013","journal-title":"BMJ Case Rep"},{"doi-asserted-by":"publisher","key":"2025082623052211000_2016.feb16_1.bcr2016214425.13","DOI":"10.1177\/146642400012000203"},{"key":"2025082623052211000_2016.feb16_1.bcr2016214425.14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"pii:bcr2012006805","DOI":"10.1136\/bcr-2012-006805","article-title":"Dying for a cup of tea","volume":"2012","author":"Kormann","year":"2012","journal-title":"BMJ Case Rep"},{"doi-asserted-by":"publisher","key":"2025082623052211000_2016.feb16_1.bcr2016214425.15","DOI":"10.1016\/0091-7435(92)90041-F"},{"doi-asserted-by":"publisher","key":"2025082623052211000_2016.feb16_1.bcr2016214425.16","DOI":"10.1042\/CS19970254"}],"container-title":["BMJ Case Reports"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/syndication.highwire.org\/content\/doi\/10.1136\/bcr-2016-214425","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,27]],"date-time":"2025-08-27T06:05:34Z","timestamp":1756274734000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/casereports.bmj.com\/lookup\/doi\/10.1136\/bcr-2016-214425"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2016,2,16]]},"references-count":16,"alternative-id":["10.1136\/bcr-2016-214425"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bcr-2016-214425","relation":{},"ISSN":["1757-790X"],"issn-type":[{"type":"electronic","value":"1757-790X"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2016,2,16]]}}}