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Subject: Foods or supplements with "antiviral" properties
Category: Health
Asked by: pcventures-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 06 Oct 2004 14:11 PDT
Expires: 05 Nov 2004 13:11 PST
Question ID: 411224
Are there any foods or supplements that can legitimately claim
antiviral properties? I thought I read that ginger is one such food,
but I think there are others.  Any ideas?
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Subject: Re: Foods or supplements with "antiviral" properties
From: netbuster-ga on 06 Oct 2004 14:18 PDT
 
Turmeric. (indian Spice that use is CURRY)
Subject: Re: Foods or supplements with "antiviral" properties
From: netbuster-ga on 06 Oct 2004 14:22 PDT
 
Also Peppermint oil
Subject: Re: Foods or supplements with "antiviral" properties
From: ipfan-ga on 06 Oct 2004 14:48 PDT
 
Garlic and echinacea are both reputed to have antiviral properties,
mostly through anecdotal evidence though.
Subject: Re: Foods or supplements with "antiviral" properties
From: hfshaw-ga on 06 Oct 2004 16:25 PDT
 
Many foods or components of foods exhibit antiviral properties in
vitro.  As far as I know, such effects have not been conclusively
demonstrated in vivo and via ingestion (i.e., in living organisms that
eat the food in question).
Subject: Re: Foods or supplements with "antiviral" properties
From: aellis2000-ga on 07 Oct 2004 12:20 PDT
 
Lauric acid (monolaurin) has very strong antiviral properties. It is
found in coconut oil.

http://www.lauric.org/technical.html

---
A. Ellis
http://www.fatlosstips.com
Subject: Re: Foods or supplements with "antiviral" properties
From: upicker-ga on 07 Oct 2004 12:41 PDT
 
The key is "legitimate claim". There are lots of claims. I recommend
Linus Pauling's book "Vitamin C  The Common Cold and the Flu". Here is
a two time Nobel winner stating a case the is based on standard
scientific experiments.  When financial interest is applied to science
then you can have experiments where a 30% improvement is reported in
the summury as insignifiacant. He goes back to the original data and
you can decide for yourself if you think 30-40% improvements in health
are significant.  Ascorbic acid would be the answer to many of our
current high profile ills if one of the drug giants could get a
patient.
Subject: Re: Foods or supplements with "antiviral" properties
From: martin78-ga on 09 Oct 2004 07:31 PDT
 
Not sure about this, but I believe ginger is an antibacterial and not
an antiviral food.

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