Compared to bananas, does eating kiwi fruit decrease the incidence and severity of upper respiratory tract infections?<br /><br />Subscribe to NutritionFacts.org's free e-newsletter and receive a recipe from Dr. Greger's brand-new cookbook, The How Not to Diet Cookbook: <a href="https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe/</a><br /> <br /><br />The upside of the financial conflict of interest is that it offers a rare source of funding for fruit and vegetable research. More on kiwis here:<br />• Kiwifruit for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (<a href="http://nutritionfacts.org/video/kiwifruit-for-irritable-bowel-syndrome/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://nutritionfacts.org/video/kiwifruit-for-irritable-bowel-syndrome/</a>)<br />• Kiwifruit and DNA Repair (<a href="http://nutritionfacts.org/video/kiwifruit-and-dna-repair/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://nutritionfacts.org/video/kiwifruit-and-dna-repair/</a>)<br />• Kiwifruit for Insomnia (<a href="http://nutritionfacts.org/video/kiwifruit-for-insomnia/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://nutritionfacts.org/video/kiwifruit-for-insomnia/</a>)<br /><br />What else can we do to lower our risk of pesky respiratory infections? Check out:<br />• Can Gargling Prevent The Common Cold? (<a href="http://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-gargling-prevent-the-common-cold/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-gargling-prevent-the-common-cold/</a>)<br />• Preventing the Common Cold with Probiotics? (<a href="http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-the-common-cold-with-probiotics/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-the-common-cold-with-probiotics/</a>)<br />• Nutritional Yeast to Prevent the Common Cold (<a href="http://nutritionfacts.org/video/nutritional-yeast-to-prevent-the-common-cold/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://nutritionfacts.org/video/nutritional-yeast-to-prevent-the-common-cold/</a>)<br /><br />Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at <a href="http://nutritionfacts.org/video/kiwifruit-for-the-common-cold" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://nutritionfacts.org/video/kiwifruit-for-the-common-cold</a> and he'll try to answer it!<br /><br />Image Credit: PublicDomainPictures via Pixabay.<br /><br /><a href="https://NutritionFacts.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://NutritionFacts.org</a><br />• Subscribe: <a href="https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://nutritionfacts.org/subscribe</a><br />• Donate: <a href="https://nutritionfacts.org/donate" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://nutritionfacts.org/donate</a><br />• Podcast : <a href="https://nutritionfacts.org/audio" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://nutritionfacts.org/audio</a><br />• Facebook: www.facebook.com/NutritionFacts.org<br />• Twitter: www.twitter.com/nutrition_facts<br />• Instagram: www.instagram.com/nutrition_facts_org<br />• Books (including the NEW How Not to Diet Cookbook): <a href="https://nutritionfacts.org/books" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://nutritionfacts.org/books</a><br />• Shop: <a href="https://drgreger.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://drgreger.org</a>