Protect Kids From Flu With Green Tea
Nov 15th, 2011 | By admin | Category: Featured, Green Tea, HerbsQuickly getting the reputation for being a super food, green tea got another boost recently with a study’s findings that drinking a cup of green tea every day helps to ward off the flu, particularly if said totaler was a school-age child.
This study explored the hypothesis that children who regularly drank green tea would have fewer cases of influenza those children who did not drink green tea. They chose children for two reasons: there is little research with children and influenza prevention; the children lived on or near tea plantations in Japan.
With over 2,600 children in the study, the researchers discovered that children who drank, on average, five cups of green tea per week had significantly fewer cases of influenza when compared to those who drank almost no green tea. Those who drank the most green tea (about one cup per day) also had significantly fewer sick days from school. The results were so conclusive that the researchers concluded that the regular consumption of green tea is protective against influenza infections during the influenza season.
Source/Read More: DailyHerald.com
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