With the air quality degrading nowadays it has become essential for you to take care of your lungs as it directly affects your lung health and their capacity. To keep your lungs healthy, and strong, and maintain their breathing capacity and functioning there are some remedies that you can follow to increase your lung capacity
1) Are you keeping yourself hydrated?
“If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water”. Water helps blood flow to and from the lungs to its full capacity. It keeps the mucosal lining of the lungs thin helping the lungs to function better.
2) Are you keeping yourself active or practicing breathing exercises?
Working your abdominal and diaphragm muscles via belly breathing techniques increases your lung capacity. Breathing exercises such as equal inhalation & exhalation time, rib stretches, alternate nostril breathing, etc all strengthen your lungs and improve their functioning. Any form of exercise also builds up lung capacity.
3) Are you getting enough Vitamin D?
Study shows that higher vitamin D levels are correlated with better lung functioning and it can also provide protection against COPD inflammation. In case you don’t get enough vitamin D from the sun, have vitamin D supplements or foods such as mushrooms, fish, yogurt, egg yolks, etc
4) Say no to Smoking!
As everyone is well aware that smoking decreases lung capacity along with causing serious medical conditions such as lung cancer, respiratory diseases, etc. Quitting smoking will improve your lung health by enhancing your lung capacity.
5) Don’t slouch or hunch!
Sounds so simple yet it can do wonders. A study shows that slumping decreases lung capacity. Sitting straight can get you to have the best lung capacity.
All of this could help you improve the functioning of your lungs, thereby enhancing your mental and physical abilities, and boosting your energy levels.
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