Reduce Lung Damage from Emphysema and Chronic Bronchitis

Instead of suing cigarette companies because you have developed emphysema or chronic bronchitis from years of smoking, try focusing your efforts on how to reduce the damage done to your lungs with alternative treatments. These alternative treatments can prevent or reduce the use of drugs to control the diseases, not to mention the side effects some of these drugs cause such as diabetes or osteoporosis. These alternative treatments will not give you back the lost of lung function that has already occurred but they can help increase lung function, reduce shortness of breath, and prevent infections.

Taking protein powder or drinking protein drinks will help reduce shortness of breath. Since many people who suffer from emphysema or chronic bronchitis suffer from shortness of breath, increasing protein intake can help prevent this problem. Take a protein powder drink in the morning by mixing it in a blender with fat-free milk or fruit juice everyday. When you fix your protein drink, add some green powder to the drink to increase nutrition and lower the bulk. Green powder is made from barley grass or green algae and has lots of nutrients and enzymes in it that boost the body's energy level and strengthens the lungs. You can mix one to three teaspoons of the green powder to the protein powder.

Now, to provide an even more effective and powerful treatment to reduce lung damage from emphysema and chronic bronchitis, you can add some flaxseed to the protein drink. Flaxseed helps to reduce inflammation in the lungs that causes difficulty breathing. To help reduce or prevent shortness of breath, add a ¼ cup of ground flaxseed to the morning protein power drink. You can grind the seeds and keep the leftovers in a container and put them in a refrigerator for the next day.

To give your lungs the maximum protection it needs to reduce damage from emphysema and chronic bronchitis be sure to increase your intake of vitamin E, C, Selenium, and CoQ10. All these are antioxidants that fight and block damage to the lungs that smoking cigarettes cause. Some alternative doctors believe that these nutrients can reduce and prevent further lung damage. Take vitamin C - 500 to 1,000 mg three times a day, vitamin E - 400 to 800 iu a day, make sure it has mixed tocopherols, selenium - 200 mcg a day, and CoQ10 - 10 to 50 mg three times a day.

Here are a few alternative treatments to help reduce breathing problems from lung damage. Taking up to 1,500 mgs a day of Taurine can help protect your lungs from pollutants. If you take more than 500 mg a day, be sure to divide the doses. Don't take 1,500 mgs at one time of Taurine. Taking 300 to 500 mgs a day of Magnesium broken up during the day can help strengthen the breathing muscles, and 250 mgs of carnitine one to three times a day can strengthen breathing muscles. Increasing the intake of carotenes everyday can help reduce lung damage from emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Foods such as, red or yellow peppers and dark green leafy vegetables have an antioxidant effect to help reduce lung damage.