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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ella Pickover

BIZARRE: Eating vegetables could help ease lung illness study | Mind Blowing Facts

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People with lung infections are being encouraged to keep eating vegetables such as Brussels sprouts and cabbage in a bid to ease their illness.

Scientists said that cruciferous vegetables, which include broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, horseradish and turnips, contain a molecule which helps to maintain a healthy “barrier” in the lung which may in turn ease lung infections.

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