
While more than 90 percent of the world’s population breathes polluted air, new research offers an unexpected shield: eating fruit. A large study found that women who ate four or more servings of fruit daily showed markedly better lung function in polluted environments, though the same benefit didn’t appear in men.
Researchers said the reduced benefits seen in men may be due to men eating less fruit than women.
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