Current and former smokers might lower their risk for emphysema if they adopt a highly nutritional plant-based diet, a new study shows.
,” said lead researcher Mariah Jackson, a registered dietitian nutritionist and assistant professor with the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
These findings jibe with earlier studies that “show an association between an individual's dietary choices and lung health, including reducing wheezing in children and lowering, which limits the amount of oxygen that these sacs can transfer to the bloodstream. People are left feeling constantly short of breath.
Results show risk of emphysema dropped 34% for each one-unit increase in participants plant-based diet score. In other words, the risk declined as they ate more plant-based foods.adherence can be challenging, requiring complementary treatments, like a nutrient-rich, plant-centered diet, to help preserve lung health,” Jackson said in a journal news release.
“More research is needed on when dietary choices have the most potential to impact lung health, which can then inform public health guidelines and dietary recommendations, especially in children and young adults,” Jackson added.Smoking can affect your looks and moods. But did you know smoking also affects major organs, causes wrinkles, and increases your risk of cancer?
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