In this article, we discuss a few diet tweaks that people can use to try to cleanse their lungs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n With a rise in pollution levels<\/strong>, it is essential to ensure your diet is accordingly modified so that your lungs stay disease-free.<\/p>\n It is important to note that stress from oxidative phenomenon plays an important role in causing diseases related to pollution.<\/p>\n Therefore, nutrition plays a significant role in its prevention and management, and has also been shown to modulate the toxicity of pollutants.<\/p>\n Below, the foods we recommend\u00a0 to include in your diet:<\/p>\n Vitamin A and carotenoids<\/strong><\/p>\n Animal sources (milk and eggs), fortified foods, orange\/yellow fruits and vegetables (carrots) are the main dietary sources of carotenoids, including \u03b1\/\u03b2-carotene and lycopene, which are known as antioxidants.<\/p>\n Their prescribed and supplemented intake inhibits inflammatory mediators and decreases the pro-inflammatory cytokine release in the airway, in turn protecting from free radical damage and enhances protective response.<\/p>\n Vitamin C and E<\/strong><\/p>\n Low levels of vitamin C and E have been known to cause increased levels of O3 in the body which can lead to bronchoconstriction in response to pollutants and exacerbation of obstructive and allergic respiratory diseases.<\/p>\n Diet supplement of fruits and vitamin E rich foods will play a proactive and protective effect on these regions and prevent further inflammation and also attenuate total antioxidant capacity to pacify O3 damage.<\/p>\n Vitamin C has a researched and proven role in the prevention of COPD and lung cancer.<\/p>\n\t\n \n ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.healthysuppliesshop.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/10185-uhjusa.jpg?fit=400%2C400&ssl=1\")
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