‘High-fat diet may help fight off flu’

A ketogenic diet may help in the fight against flu, new research suggests.

Scientists found that mice fed the high-fat, lowcarbohydrate diet, were better able to combat the virus than those fed food high in carbohydrates.

The Yale University study suggests a ketogenic diet, which includes meat, fish, and poultry, activates a subset of T cells in the lungs not previously associated with the immune system’s response to influenza.