Drink up...!

But not that cuppa joe....

WASHINGTON, April 21 (AP) —Tea increases the body's defenses against infection and contains a substance that may be turned into a drug to protect against disease, a study has found. Coffee does not have the same effect, the researchers say in an article today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

A component in tea primes the immune system to attack invading bacteria, viruses and fungi, the study concluded.

An experiment showed that immune system blood cells of tea drinkers responded five times faster to germs than did the blood cells of coffee drinkers.

Darn! When are they going to discover something healthy about coffee?
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