Studies have shown that tomato apples help smokers repair lung function

new study found that eating more fresh tomatoes and fruits such as apples on a daily basis after quitting smoking can help repair lung function.
the new issue of the new issue of the Journal of Public Health, which includes researchers at Imperial College of Technology in the United Kingdom and the
Johns Hopkins-Bloomberg School of Public Health in the United States.
10-year follow-up study, researchers compared lung function tests and dietary questionnaires with more than 650 adults from Germany, Norway and the United Kingdom. It was found that, excluding other factors, lung function declined more slowly after adults quit smoking and if their diet was rich in tomatoes and fruits, especially apples.
Specifically, people who ate an average of more than two tomatoes or more than three servings of fresh fruit a day experienced slower lung function decline than those who ate less than one tomato or less fruit per day.
that some of the ingredients in these foods may help repair damage to the lungs caused by smoking. They stress that the way tomatoes or fruits are eaten is important, and that only fresh tomatoes and fruits have lung protection. This effect was not observed if ingested from dishes or processed foods.
they also found that eating tomatoes in a daily diet by adults, whether they were smokers or not, helped slow lung function decline, albeit more effectively in smokers.
, an assistant professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health who was involved in the study, said their study showed that diet can indeed help repair lung damage for those who have quit smoking. What's more, even non-smokers, eating more fruit can slow the natural aging process in the lungs. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)