Eat more veggies to keep flu away, study finds
Posted October 26, 2011 11:07 am.
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Hold the chicken noodle soup.
If you want to avoid colds and the flu this winter, eat more vegetables.
Broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage can boost the immune system and help you fight off every day bacteria and viruses.
Lab mice who skipped their veggies for three weeks suffered an 80 per cent drop in the total number of protective immune cells.
The study is in the journal Cell.
