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Turns Out Your Go-To Takeaway Option Is Hurting Your Immune System

This is not good news - by Alex Pierotti
  • 10 Apr 2019
Turns Out Your Go-To Takeaway Option Is Hurting Your Immune System

This is the worst news we've seen in a very long time: new research has linked fish and chips consumption to lower immune system. 

According to findings by Michigan State University, the preservative Teri-butlhydroquinone or tBHQ - a common additive used in cooking oils - has been linked to hindering influenza vaccines. 

"If you get a vaccine, but part of the immune system doesn't learn to recognise and fight off virus-infected cells, then this can cause the vaccine to be less effective," says Robert Freeborn, who co-led the study.

RELATED: Should I Work Out If I'm Starting To Feel Sick?

Speaking to News Corp, professor Robert Booy, Head of the Clinical Research team at Australia's National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, described the study as a tease.

"It's not yet been tested on humans but in further research, I would be very keen to see if our favourite fish and chips is actually helping to make us sick."

If you're concerned about your immune system, here are some great ways to fight colds off faster.

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Alex Pierotti is the Digital Content Editor for Men's Health Australia, with experience reporting on health, fitness and sport. With a Journalism degree from UNSW under his belt, he got his start working in TV, working on the live broadcast of the Intrust Super Shute Shield on 7TWO before making the switch to print and digital at Pacific Magazines.

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