Says authors Mike Roizen and Mehmet Oz: "The same stuff that makes your waistline and heart disease risk balloon inflates your chances of getting COPD [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease] - specifically, eating a typical Western diet of refined grains, cured and red meats, desserts and fatty foods like French fries and nachos. Nasty nitrites found in processed meats, along with the high glycemic load of refined grains, desserts and sweets, may inflame your breathing apparatus and ultimately damage it. But generous portions of fruit, veggies, fish and whole grains may help bring you a breath of fresh air.
Another way to keep your breathing apparatus healthy, they say, is get enough vitamin D. "This vitamin may be able to help put out the fire of inflammation that leads to chronic lung disease. How much is enough? 1,000 IU every day if you're under age 60; 1,200 if you're older than that."
Makes sense.
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