London - Eating grapefruit, bananas, fish and cheese could help patients suffering one of the most common lung conditions in Britain, say scientists.
Research showed a direct link between the foods and improvements in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Scientists from the US and Europe used diet records for 2 167 COPD sufferers over a three-year period.
Those who had eaten the products showed improvement within 24 hours in a range of measures such as lung function, fitness scores and white blood cell count.
Lead study author Dr Corrine Hanson said patients should now be offered dietary and nutritional counselling as part of their treatment.
COPD is thought to affect more than 3 million people in the UK. But only 900 000 have been diagnosed because many sufferers dismiss their symptoms as a “smoker’s cough”. - Daily Mail