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Posted on January 16, 2006 in Health News
Having Tomato Juice could be effective and natural way in fighting with lung disease for smokers according to latest studies. Tomato is rich and powerful antioxidant lycopene, which could help in protecting against chronic lung disorder primarily found in smokers.
This study was done by group of researchers in Japan. They studied it on 2 different mice breeds, normal and quick aging mice. Emphysema shows quicker on the quick aging mice. After 8 weeks of smoke exposure (cigarette), The quick aging mice mot fed on tomato juice developed the disease while others that were fed on 50% tomato juice mixture did not contracted the disease.
Emphysema – a lung disorder, which affects smokers, prevents the lungs from working properly which leads to breathlessness and wheezing. Coupled with chronic bronchitis it is one of the major causes of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, which kills over 28,000 people in Britain every year. According to National Center for Health Statistics 3 million suffer from this disease in United States and 15,000 or them die every year due to this disease.
Emphysema damages the elastic supporting structure of the lungs, leading to the breakdown and collapse of airways.
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March 2nd, 2006 at 10:40 pm
i am a smoker i do get chest colds and bronchitis will tomatoe juice help me stop smoking what about tomatoe soup