COPD? Eat Your Veggies

Friday, September 19, 2008 - 13:21 in Health & Medicine

You know it's good for you in other ways, but could eating your broccoli also help patients with chronic lung disease? It just might. Broccoli is known to contain a compound that prevents the degradation of a key component that protects lungs against oxidative damage and has been linked to the development and severity of chronic lung disease.

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