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14 Foods for Healthy Lungs and Improved Breathing

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Looking to improve your lungs and breathing? These 14 foods are great for promoting healthy lungs and improved breathing.

1. Water

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Pure, clean water is essential to keeping blood flowing to and from the lungs. It also keeps our lungs moist and helps mucus move through them. Mucus is important, and the cilia need to be able to move it, along with toxins, microbes, and pollutants, out of the body. The body is mostly made up of water. When our bodies aren’t getting enough water, we start to feel it.

2. Garlic and Onions

14 foods for healthy lungs and improved breathing

They fight infection, lower inflammation, and lower cholesterol. Garlic is well known for how well it fights inflammation. One study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention found that people who smoked and ate raw garlic had a 40% lower risk of getting lung cancer than those who didn’t eat raw garlic.

3. Ginger

14 foods for healthy lungs and improved breathing

This spice can reduce inflammation and help the body eliminate lung toxins. Ginger has many benefits for the whole body, not just the lungs. Ginger can help open up and clear out your airways, improving lung health and making breathing easier.

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4. Chili Peppers

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Capsaicin, a compound with a spicy taste, is what gives peppers their bite. Capsaicin increases blood flow, loosens mucus, and fights infection.

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5. Cruciferous Vegetables

14 foods for healthy lungs and improved breathing

It has been shown that cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and kale can stop lung cancer from getting worse and cut the risk of getting lung cancer in half. They have a lot of chlorophyll, which cleans and builds blood, and many antioxidants that work well.

6. Pomegranates

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Lung tumors grow slower when pomegranate juice is drunk. There are many antioxidants in pomegranates, such as ellagic acid, which is making progress in cancer research.

7. Turmeric

This ginger-related spice has similar properties. Curcumin stimulates cancer cell self-destruction. Curcumin reduces asthma-related chest tightness and inflammation. Seventy-seven asthmatics administered curcumin pills for 30 days in research, and the supplements lowered airway blockages and may help asthma patients.

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8. Apples

The lungs work best when they have enough flavonoids, vitamin E, and vitamin C. Apples are full of

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