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foxnews.com/health/elderberries-flu-symptoms-remedy-study [foxnews.com]

The potential benefits of eating elderberries when you have the flu — especially to fight off symptoms of the nasty virus — have long been documented. But a new study released this week claims to have discovered why that may be the case.

Researchers from the University of Sydney and others studied the berries to learn “which phytochemicals, compounds that positively affect health, from elderberries combat influenza infections,” a news release on the findings, which were published Thursday in the Journal of Functional Food, says. In other words, they worked to identify which compounds in the berries help fight off the flu.

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