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Common chocolate ingredient could be potent flu treatment, scientists find
INDEPENDENT.CO.UK A new combination of drugs, including a compound present in chocolate, can treat several influenza strains, including bird and swine flu, a new study has found. The drug combination of chocolate ingredient theobromine, and the lesser-known compound arainosine, can be a potential gamechanger in treating flu, even outperforming the most widely used anti-influenza medication Tamiflu, according to the study published in the journal PNAS. The combination therapy works by targeting a key weakness in the influenza virus, a microscopic channel the virus uses to replicate and spread. Combination drug treatment outperformed most commonly used flu medicine Tamiflu, researchers say.The Staggering Number Of Hershey Chocolate Bars Made Each Year
The company’s website, Hersheyland.com, actually states that Hershey makes approximately 373 million of its classic milk chocolate bars each year. And while the company doesn’t reveal the exact number of bars sold annually (as it likely varies), one can surmise that it’s quite a lot.
Scientists Just Discovered a Surprising Benefit of Chocolate
Theobromine may give your good cholesterol levels a boost—and dark chocolate happens to be a good source.
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