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'''Eating ELDERBERRIES can help you avoid catching a cold on long flights, new trial reveals''' | |||
*Source:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3170296/Eating-ELDERBERRIES-help-avoid-catching-cold-long-flights.html | |||
:By Laura House (For Daily Mail Australia) | |||
:• Trial shows that elderberry extract reduces cold symptoms in travelers | |||
:• The trial was conducted on 312 economy passengers on long-haul flights | |||
:• People who developed colds post-flight suffered for two days less | |||
:• Their symptoms were also less severe than those who didn't take it | |||
:• Elderberry has anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory and anti-viral properties | |||
:• It has been used in traditional medicine overseas for centuries | |||
:• Elderberry also had a positive effect on passengers' physical health | |||
Long-haul flights take a significant toll on passengers, with recycled air, close proximity and fatigue impacting their well being upon arrival. | |||
A new study has found that an elderberry supplement can provide some protection from cold and flu-like symptoms following long-haul flights, as well as reducing passengers’ colds by up to two days if they get one. | |||
Dr. Shirley Wee and Associate Professor, Evelin Tiralongo, from Griffith’s Menzies Health Institute in Queensland, completed a study of the effects on 312 economy class passengers, travelling from Australia to a destination overseas. | |||
‘Elderberries, which are widely available small purple berries, have been used for centuries as a traditional medicine overseas and as a German pharmacist I came across them very often,’ Professor Tiralongo told Daily Mail Australia. | |||
‘Past research has identified that it has been effective against human flu viruses and bacteria that causes respiratory infections…as well as some clinical trials that showed a reduction in cold and flus.’ | |||
Over two years, trials were conducted on Australian passengers to test the effect of elderberry on their overall health post-flight. | |||
‘We know that long-haul flights cause nasal dryness and the enhanced chance of respiratory tract infections due to the close proximity to other passengers,’ Professor Tiralongo said. | |||
‘We wanted to know specifically if elderberry could be effective in some beneficial effect for people who travel to reduce those symptoms.’ | |||
Passengers consumed 900 milligrams of elderberry extract every day, beginning 10 days before they boarded the plane and continued four days after their arrival. | |||
While the occurrence of colds wasn't significantly different between participants who took it and those who had a placebo, the trial found that those who took elderberry were not as severely impacted by them. | |||
‘People who took the elderberry had a lower number of cold episode days and also had a significantly lower symptom score…if they got colds they were shorter in duration by two days and their symptom severity score was 1.5 points less than the placebo group,’ Professor Tiralongo said. | |||
Additionally, we found that while all participants suffered a health decline between boarding the plane and arriving, the placebo group had a significant decline where as the elderberry participants’ physical health seemed to stabilise.’ | |||
Even though the elderberry had a strong anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory and anti-viral effect on the passengers, it had no clear effect on their mental health. | |||
‘Everyone involved had an improved mental health throughout the process…they were all happy because they were going on holidays,’ Professor Tiralongo said. | |||
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'''Your health: Remedies for croup in children''' | '''Your health: Remedies for croup in children''' | ||
*Source:http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11738618 | *Source:http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11738618 | ||