Hey. Here’s some links of articles on green tea. I do not want to copy the articles for fear of copyright but I summarized the article as follow:
A component of green tea, catechin, can stop influenza virus from replicating, inactivating the viruses, thus making green tea a remedy for influenza. Theaflavin (oxidesed form of catechin) found in black tea also helps in stopping influenza virus. Article also talk about catechin also aids in stopping HIV.
Link: http://www.green-tea.com/articles/12/1/Green-tea-fights-virus
Catechin can even stop HIV from binding to the CD4 T lymphocyte cells (white blood cells) due to a chemical called Epigallocatechin Gallate (EGCG).
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3257237.stm
Monday, February 2, 2009
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