Astral Health

As an ex smoker I was pretty interested in the idea that drinking green tea can help heal damaged. Lungs.

 
It also appears that green tea can help mitigate some of the damage that heavy cigarette smokers have done to their lungs. In two different studies, one by scientists at the Academy of Preventive Medicine in Beijing, China and the other by James Klaunig at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, the effects of green tea on the oxidative stress created by cigarette smoke toxins were examined.

 
 It was found that when  cigarette users drank an equivalent of six cups of green tea a day, their bodies suffered 40% to 50% less oxidative damage. This means that green tea could potentially lower a smoker’s risk of cancer, emphysema, heart disease and other illnesses. In some cases, the oxidative damage to lung cells was reduced to that of levels found in nonsmokers. Still the fact that green tea is so good for the lungs does not give you permission to smoke your head off!

 
Peace Be Still Sam