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New studies show that eating grapes and other berries has many benefits for your lungs, which can help you breathe easier. So what are berries and why are they good for the lungs?
1. What is a berry?
Berries are soft, small, and mostly edible berries. Called berries because they are very succulent, causing the outer shell to stretch. Berries are usually light in color, sweet or sour, with or without seeds. Blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, mulberries are some of the berries that are used a lot today....
2. Eat healthy berries
Berries are known to be rich in vitamins such as vitamins A, B2, B6, C, E, K, K1 and minerals necessary for the body such as folate, manganese, iron, copper, selenium, potassium. In particular, the antioxidants found in berries are the main ingredients that help this fruit bring many health benefits such as:
Strengthening immunity, anti-aging Prevent and prevent advanced cancer Good for intestinal health Treats urinary tract infections Provides energy for the body
3. Berries and grapes can help you breathe easier
New studies also show that if you eat a lot of berries, your lungs will be healthier because they are rich in antioxidants, a type of flavonoid, specifically anthocyanins, that work to maintain lung function. Anthocyanins are especially abundant in dark pigmented fruits and vegetables such as red grapes and blueberries.Therefore, to protect the lungs from damage as well as maintain lung function and function, prevent factors from developing some respiratory diseases, you need to add more vegetables to your diet.
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4. Factors that decrease lung function
Studies show that the lungs reach their maximum capacity by the time a person is 30 years old. After this time, lung function will begin to slowly decline for everyone. The rate of decline in lung function varies from person to person depending on the following factors:
Smoking Physical activity habits Exposure to or living in a polluted place Having health problems Lifestyle, Common foods, diet In addition, high meat consumption in the diet has also been shown to be associated with reduced lung function. However, new research has found that people who eat grapes and a variety of dark-colored fruits, berries and vegetables may have a slower decline in lung function each year than people who eat fewer foods containing these nutrients. full of these anthocyanins. This slower decline took into account factors such as smoking and age.
5. Why can eating berries and grapes help with breathing?
To find a link between eating grapes and berries, slowing down the decline of lung function and possibly making it easier to breathe, a study was done. Study participants completed dietary questionnaires and lung function tests at baseline and 10 years later.
Research results have found a link between the consumption of anthocyanins found in vegetables and fruits and lung health, specifically, the more you eat, the stronger the lungs. Foods rich in anthocyanin flavonoids may protect the lungs through their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.
Studies have also detected flavonoids found in lung tissue several hours after eating berries. This suggests that anthocyanin-rich foods such as grapes and berries may protect the lungs against pollutants and lung-damaging agents such as smoking.
Experts recommend that smokers give up this bad habit, as toxins in smoke can reduce the ability of antioxidants or anti-inflammatory properties to fight the harmful effects of tobacco. smoke.
However, as soon as you start to consume more vegetables, eat more grapes and berries, anthocyanins in these dark vegetables will have a positive effect on the lungs of people who have quit smoking or have not. never smoked.
Anthocyanins found in grapes and berries have been shown to have positive effects on the lungs. Not only do they provide the body with many disease-fighting antioxidants, fruits also bring many other healthy compounds.
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Reference source: webmd.com
