1. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Dec 26, 2008, 7:02 am PST

An important omission in this article is the practice of pranayama or yoga breathing exercises. This can improve your lung capacity.

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2. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Mon, Dec 29, 2008, 4:27 pm PST

I love the variety of vegetables you suggest - does it matter if the broccoli and cauliflower is lightly steamed? The entire group sounds colorful and flavorful and I am looking forward to trying them. (It's not that I'm not vegi eater, but I tended to limit the types I was eating.) Anyone have some great recipes for the vegetables mentioned above? Also, I am a flautist, and find that over the years my lung capacity has become reduced (I have been diagnosed also with COPD). But I do not seem to have issues with being out of breath when I play. I think my early training (breathe from the diaphragm) was very useful, and your advice about practicing should benefit me. I will try some of these, as with winter dryness, I have issues with excess phlegm in the mornings. An inexpensive hot steam humidifier has greatly helped, but during the day I get winded even walking briskly.

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3. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Jan 02, 2009, 5:17 am PST

Great article:)

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4. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Sun, Feb 01, 2009, 4:27 pm PST

very interesting some of them I had heard about, but the one's with the cabagge never before.

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5. Posted by A Yahoo! Health User on Fri, Feb 06, 2009, 4:22 pm PST

great info

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