Eating your greens could be the secret to breathing easier, with a new study from Edith Cowan University (ECU) revealing that people who eat more vitamin K1-rich foods such as leafy green vegetables may lower their risk of chronic lung disease. The paper is published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
Researchers from ECU’s Nutrition and Health Innovation Research Institute looked at the two main forms of vitamin K in our diet: K1, found in foods like spinach, kale and broccoli, and K2, found in meat, eggs and dairy.
They discovered that those who ate the most vitamin K1 were less likely to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Almost half a million Australians have COPD, a life-threatening, worsening lung condition that makes it hard to breathe.
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