{"id":30217,"date":"2025-03-23T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/?p=30217"},"modified":"2025-03-17T06:07:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T10:07:02","slug":"chronic-bronchitis-cut-death-risk-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/2025\/03\/23\/chronic-bronchitis-cut-death-risk-47\/","title":{"rendered":"Chronic Bronchitis? Cut death risk 47%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Antioxidants-223467100.jpg\" alt=\"Chronic Bronchitis? Cut death risk 47%\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9399\" \/>If you suffer chronic bronchitis, a new study in <em>Frontiers in Nutrition<\/em> reveals a powerful way to protect your lungs.<\/p>\n<p>All it takes are four simple steps.<\/p>\n<p>It will even reduce your risk of dying from lung diseases by 47%<\/p>\n<p>Researchers analyzed 12,458 adults, tracking their diet, lifestyle, and lung health.<\/p>\n<p>They used an Oxidative Balance Score (OBS) to measure how well people\u2019s bodies balanced harmful free radicals with protective antioxidants.<\/p>\n<p>Then, they compared the lowest and highest OBS scores to see how it affected lung disease risk.<\/p>\n<p>And the results?<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n&#8226; People with the highest OBS had a 36% lower risk of chronic bronchitis.<br \/>\n&#8226; Their risk of COPD dropped by 52%.<br \/>\n&#8226; Asthma risk fell by 38%.<br \/>\n&#8226; And they were 29% less likely to die from any cause\u2014and 47% less likely to die from a lung-related disease.\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>So, how do you improve your Oxidative Balance Score?<\/p>\n<p>Four simple action steps:<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dd>\n1) Eat more antioxidants &#8594; Berries, colorful veggies, nuts, fish, flaxseeds, and whole grains.<\/p>\n<p>2) Cut out the junk &#8594; Less processed food, fried foods, and refined grains.<\/p>\n<p>3) Quit smoking.<\/p>\n<p>4) Move more &#8594; Even a little daily exercise makes a difference.\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>The best part? <\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s also possible to completely reverse Chronic Bronchitis. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/health\/banishing-bronchitis-sl-bhnn\/\" target=\"_blank\">Thousands of readers have done that using the simple approach found here\u2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you suffer chronic bronchitis, a new study in Frontiers in Nutrition reveals a powerful way to protect your lungs. All it takes are four simple steps. It will even reduce your risk of dying from lung diseases by 47% Researchers analyzed 12,458 adults, tracking their diet, lifestyle, and lung health. 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