Eat healthy and ward off lung disease

Want to try and prevent lung disease later in life? Start eating a regular diet full of fruits, vegetables, fish, poultry and whole grain foods then. There are plenty of reasons to include these items in your diet, and below is a new one.

A new study out of France concluded that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (C.O.P.D.) may be quite a bit less likely when a diet full of healthy foods like those referenced above were eaten as a foundation for a complete diet. The study looked at people from 1986 to 2006 and adjusted its results for age and smoking habits over that time.

Moral to the study: fruits, veggies, whole grains and healthy meats like fish and poultry really are good for you. Whodathunkit?

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