Green Tea and AntibioticsGreen Tea Benefits
Green Tea enhances and increases the effectiveness of anti-biotics! In some cases it was shown to increase effectiveness by as much as 100%.
In the instance of superbugs, superbugs being defined as those that resist antibiotics and are difficult to eradicate, the enhanced activity of the antibiotic against the superbug was as much as 20%. This is more excellent research into the benefits of green tea and how our bodies can benefit. Green Tea has been in the news more and more recently, and this study should shake it up a bit more. This study is to be presented to the Society for General Microbiology in Edinburgh, Scotland. To read the entire article, which is excellent, on Green Tea Boosts Antibiotics for Superbugs, Visit CBC News
Boosting the effectivness of antibiotics is just one of the benefits of green tea. There are acutally lots. Free radical reduction and elimination would be high on my list of benefits of green tea. Free radicals really weaken our bodies and are present in most of us.
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