The effect was observ­ed only with fresh fruit and vegeta­bles, not proces­sedPARIS: Adults who ate more than two tomatoes a day had a slower rate of natural lung function decline, with ex-smokers seeming to benefit most of all, scientists said Thursday. Similar benefits, they said, were observed for people who ate more than three portions of fresh fruit a day, especially apples. “This study shows that diet might help repair lung damage in people who have stopped smoking,” study co-author Vanessa Garcia-Larsen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore said in a statement. The effect was observed only with fresh fruit and vegetables, not processed. One weakness of the study was that participants’ diets were assessed only at the start of the study.

Source: The Express Tribune December 21, 2017 10:30 UTC