Coffee Protects Against Drug-Resistant Germs in Latest Baffling Benefit
By Elizabeth Lopatto - Jul 12, 2011 6:00 AM GMT+0900
Drinking tea and coffee may be linked to reducing antibiotic resistant bacteria carried by healthy people in their noses, a potential benefit of the beverages that baffled researchers.
People who consumed tea and coffee carried methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, in their noses half as often as those who didn’t, according to a study released today in the Annals of Family Medicine.
