
A Scientifically Superior Christmas Dinner
BBC Inside Science
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Medicinal Effects of Plants
Plants are not going to cure you for a disease, but we know enough about them that they can kind of stimulate our immune system. They have antioxidant activity or antibacterial activity. And so they're kind of like a tonic, you could say. So they're produced by various plants to help defend the plants. We're just taking them and using them to defend ourselves.
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