Eating green vegetables keeps your lungs healthy.
Eating greens keeps lungs healthy
A study of more than 4,000 adults revealed that those with higher levels of vitamin K- found in vegetables such as broccoli and spinach - were less likely to have lung conditions such as asthma and wheezing.
Researchers found that people with higher levels of the vitamin, which is also found in vegetable oils and cereal grains, were significantly less likely to have asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Dr. Torkil Jespersen, a researcher at the University of Copenhagen, said: "We already know that vitamin K has an important role in the blood and research is beginning to show that it's also important in heart and bone health, but there's been very little research looking at vitamin K and the lungs.
"To our knowledge, this is the first study on vitamin K and lung function in a general population. Our results suggest that vitamin K could play a part in keeping our lungs healthy."