The Next Edition
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
No Result
View All Result
The Next Edition
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate
Home Headline News

Smokers: Tomatoes, apples can repair damaged lungs

Agency Report by Agency Report
December 24, 2017
in Headline News
Smokers: Tomatoes, apples can repair damaged lungs
0
SHARES
4
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Whatsapp

Smokers who quit smoking and live on a diet high in tomatoes and fruits, particularly apples, have better chances of restoring their lung functions impaired by smoking, a new study finds.

The study, published in the December issue of the European Respiratory Journal, said former smokers who eat more tomatoes and fresh fruits on a regular basis saw a slower natural decline in lung function over a 10-year period.

You might also like

Natasha To Resume Senate Duty On Tuesday After Court Ruling

Gunmen Taunt Police In Video After Killing Officer In Imo Attack, Flash Stolen Rifles

Police Arrest Five For Oyo Kidnap, Recover ₦4.6m Ransom

The study was conducted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

According to it, adults who on average ate more than two tomatoes or more than three portions of fresh fruits and vegetables a day had a slower decline in lung function, compared to those who ate less than one tomato or less than one portion of fruits, respectively, on a daily basis.

Lung function starts to decline at around age 30 and poor lung function is linked to higher risks of death from all diseases, including chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, heart disease and lung cancer.

“A diet rich in fruits can slow down the lung’s natural aging process even if you have never smoked,” said

Vanessa Garcia-Larsen, the study’s lead author, who is also an assistant professor in the Bloomberg School’s Department of International Health.

READ ALSO: FG’s Roadmap to Revive Primary Health Care

Garcia-Larsen and her team examined diet and lung function of more than 650 adults from Germany, Norway and Britain in 2002 and performed lung function tests on the same group of participants 10 years later.

The researchers found a more striking diet-lung-function among former smokers, who had around 80 ml slower decline over the 10-year period because their diets were highly rich in tomatoes and fruits.

Such a result suggests that the nutrients in their diets are beneficial to repairing the lung damage done by smoking.

“Eating more fruits on a regular basis can help attenuate the decline as people age, and might even help repair damage caused by smoking,” Garcia-Larsen said.

 

(Xinhua/NAN)

Tags: applesdamagedheadlinelungsnewsNEXT EDITIONrepairSmokersTomatoes
Agency Report

Agency Report

Recommended For You

Senator Natasha Akpoti’s Macabre Dance in Brekete Family Radio

Natasha To Resume Senate Duty On Tuesday After Court Ruling

  The suspended senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has stated that she will resume legislative duties in the Senate on Tuesday following a court order directing her...

Gunmen Shoot FIRS Official Dead In Abuja

Gunmen Taunt Police In Video After Killing Officer In Imo Attack, Flash Stolen Rifles

  Gunmen suspected to be behind Sunday morning’s deadly attack on a police patrol team in Imo State have appeared in a video, boasting about the operation and...

New Police

Police Arrest Five For Oyo Kidnap, Recover ₦4.6m Ransom

  The Oyo State Police Command has arrested five suspects allegedly involved in the June 26 abduction of a man identified as Timothy in Mokorede, Ipapo, within the...

FG Puts Up Presidential Jet For Sale In Switzerland

FG Puts Up Presidential Jet For Sale In Switzerland

  The Federal Government has listed Nigeria’s 20-year-old Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), formerly used for presidential travel, for sale in Switzerland following its replacement by a newly acquired...

Next Post
The Situation Of Homeless Widows, Orphans Is Pathetic - Ikpeme

The Situation Of Homeless Widows, Orphans Is Pathetic - Ikpeme




Related News

Fire consumes family of 4 in Lagos

Fire consumes family of 4 in Lagos

COVID-19: INEC Deploys Additional 39 Vehicles To PTF For Contact Tracing, Surveillance

Elections: INEC Extends Polling Time Infinito In Enugu State

Measles UNICEF, FG to Immunise 1.7m Children in Borno

Measles: UNICEF, FG to Immunise 1.7m Children in Borno




The Next Edition

Office Address

3B, Agboola Aina street, Off Toyin Street,
Ikeja, Lagos.

Quick Contact Details

Phone:
08033018430
Whatsapp:
08051679910

Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]

Categories

  • Aviation
  • Beauty
  • Breaking News
  • Business
  • Columnists
  • Editorial
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Featured
  • Football
  • Foreign
  • Headline News
  • Home & Garden
  • Interviews
  • Investigations
  • North Central
  • North East
  • North West
  • Opinion
  • Parenting
  • Politics
  • Relationships
  • South East
  • South West
  • South-South
  • Special Reports
  • Sports
  • Top News
  • Vox Pops

© Next Edition Business Development Limited

  • About Us
  • Advert Rate
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • About Us
  • News
  • Featured
  • Investigations
  • Foreign
  • Special Reports
  • Entertainment
  • Interviews
  • Advert Rate

© Next Edition Business Development Limited