The
spread of SARS, West Nile and other diseases have us all on
alert, but a study just released provides great hope for protection
against these and other ailments. A new study found that drinking
green, black or oolong tea-but not herbal tea-boosts the body's
defenses by 500% against bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.
After drinking tea for four weeks, tea drinkers secreted five times
more interferon, the body's key infection fighter, than when they
were not drinking tea. Coffee drinkers showed no increase in immunity.
With new diseases emerging, our best defense is our very own
immune system. Tea gives
us the ability to increase our immune defenses fivefold, providing a
tremendous advantage over infection and disease.
Watkins
TheraTea beverages, and TheraTrim, our green-tea based weight
management formula, provide the immune boosting benefits of green tea
in a beverage or a supplement, to give you a fighting force against
illness.
Brenda Koth,
MS, RD
Watkins Health and Nutrition Advisor
