High fibre diet could help fight flu: Australian study
Source: Xinhua| 2018-05-16 14:07:33|Editor: Liu
SYDNEY, May 16 (Xinhua) -- New research from an Australian university
on Wednesday revealed that a high fibre diet could be the best medicine
when it comes to treating the flu.
The Monash University Department of Immunology and Pathology study
discovered that mice given a high fibre diet were are more likely to
survive an influenza infection.
That's because whole grains, fruits and veggies act to blunt harmful
immune responses in the lungs, while at the same time boosting antiviral
immunity by activating T-cells.
"For an analogical viewpoint we know how this works," author of the study Professor Benjamin Marsland explained to Xinhua.
"This diet changes the bacteria in the gut and the metabolites in the body, particularly short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs)."
This diet changes a specific cell population in bone marrow, which
when circulated to the lungs, helps recruit immune cells during an
infection, said Marsland.
According to Marsland, the results suggest that in some cases high
fibre diets could be used as a means of supplementing other therapies or
enhancing vaccine efficacy.
"There is a need for carefully designed and controlled dietary or
SCFA intervention studies in humans to address how these findings could
be exploited to benefit people with asthma, or for preventing viral
infections," he said.
Source: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/16/c_137183242.htm" rel="nofollow - http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-05/16/c_137183242.htm [This sounds like a way to tone down the cytokine storm, I am sorry I have found the original study but cannot afford to buy it to post here.]
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