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Eating Tomatoes and Apples May Heal Ex-Smokers’ Lungs

Eating Tomatoes and Apples May Heal Ex-Smokers’ Lungs New research suggests that a diet full of fresh tomatoes and fruit can help keep your lungs in shape, and even repair the damage done by smoking. We often hear about the latest superfood that marketing experts say is   the   thing to include in our diets, but new research suggests that humble fruit and veg may have super powers, especially when it comes to healing the damage done by years of smoking. Even in those who never smoked, lung function begins to decline naturally after the age of 30 (roughly). However, a study at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore in Baltimore has found that consuming more than two fresh tomatoes or three portions of raw fruit each day slowed decline in lung function over a 10-year period. Those who ate more tomatoes saw the greatest benefit, with apples providing the next-best results, but all fruit did the trick. The results were published recently in the  E