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Who Knew Tea Did THIS?

Tea fights colds. Tea fights the flu. Tea fights cancer. Maybe it's time to

switch from coffee to tea. Drink five to six cups of tea a day--green or black,

hot or iced--and you'll get a significant boost to your immune system that

will allow you to better fight off diseases from viruses to tumors, according to

a new research study presented to the American Chemical Society.

 

HealthDayNews reports that scientists from Harvard Medical School and Brigham

and Women's Hospital have conducted the first study to link immunity with

tea. A molecule that is in tea, as well as bacteria and parasites, activates

certain components of the immune system called gamma delta T lymphocytes, which

are very important as the first line of defense against infection and tumors.

 

The study: Dr. Jack F. Bukowski and his team assembled a group of volunteers

who did not drink tea or coffee. They were told to drink five to six cups of

black tea infusion or instant coffee for either two weeks or four weeks. Blood

samples were taken to test the activity of the immune system against bacteria.

 

The results: The blood samples of the tea drinkers were five times better

able to react against bacteria than the coffee drinkers by making the protein

interferon gamma, a molecule that fights bacteria, viruses, and tumors.

Bukowski's next study will go one step further and try to show how drinking tea

can

actually protect you from getting sick.

 

Bukowski cautions that tea can't be seen as a cure, but it could be viewed as

a vitamin for the immune system.

 

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I have ehad about the beneficial aspects of tea, but I read in last

month's LA Health Magazine that drinking tea with milk counteracts

its beneficial properties. Does anyone know if this is the case

with soy milk?

 

 

, grow514 wrote:

>

> Who Knew Tea Did THIS?

> Tea fights colds. Tea fights the flu. Tea fights cancer. Maybe

it's time to

> switch from coffee to tea. Drink five to six cups of tea a day--

green or black,

> hot or iced--and you'll get a significant boost to your immune

system that

> will allow you to better fight off diseases from viruses to

tumors, according to

> a new research study presented to the American Chemical Society.

>

> HealthDayNews reports that scientists from Harvard Medical School

and Brigham

> and Women's Hospital have conducted the first study to link

immunity with

> tea. A molecule that is in tea, as well as bacteria and parasites,

activates

> certain components of the immune system called gamma delta T

lymphocytes, which

> are very important as the first line of defense against infection

and tumors.

>

> The study: Dr. Jack F. Bukowski and his team assembled a group of

volunteers

> who did not drink tea or coffee. They were told to drink five to

six cups of

> black tea infusion or instant coffee for either two weeks or four

weeks. Blood

> samples were taken to test the activity of the immune system

against bacteria.

>

> The results: The blood samples of the tea drinkers were five times

better

> able to react against bacteria than the coffee drinkers by making

the protein

> interferon gamma, a molecule that fights bacteria, viruses, and

tumors.

> Bukowski's next study will go one step further and try to show how

drinking tea can

> actually protect you from getting sick.

>

> Bukowski cautions that tea can't be seen as a cure, but it could

be viewed as

> a vitamin for the immune system.

>

> 2007 Netscape Communications Corporation. All rights

reserved.

>

>

>

>

>

>

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