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Body News.(stress and influenza, skin aging, and sensitive skin cures)
Byline: Kristin Sainani
Stress and Flu Fighter
Twenty percent of people say that they came down with the flu last winter, according to a Harris Interactive survey. Now researchers have found that a particular antioxidant could help prevent it, especially in those under stress. Daily supplements of the compound quercetin (which is found in red apples, red onions, red wine, and various berries) reduced flu rates from 91 percent to 67 percent in mice that were physically stressed (by intensive treadmill-running) and exposed to the influenza virus. It also decreased illness rates from 63 percent to 47 percent in rested mice subjected to the virus. The antioxidant …
