Green tea may boost flu protection in kids

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Green tea may boost flu protection in kids

Massey, MD, PhD

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20111114/entlife/799996594/

The flu season is upon us and our front-line defense, the flu vaccine,

does not protect us 30 percent to 40 percent of the time (sometimes

more). However, a recent medical study indicates that simply drinking a

cup of green tea every day may prevent influenza infection, especially

for school-age children....

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Green tea consumption is inversely associated with the incidence of

influenza infection among schoolchildren in a tea plantation area of

Japan. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21832025>

Park M, Yamada H, Matsushita K, Kaji S, Goto T, Okada Y, Kosuge K,

Kitagawa T.

J Nutr. 2011 Oct;141(10):1862-70. Epub 2011 Aug 10.