Pomegranate
A pomegranate is both a fruit and a vegetable, a distinction from the fact that it has seeds inside. Instead, a fleshy outer covering of red or pink usually surrounds the seeds. When you eat a pomegranate, you can spread the seeds on your cereal, mix them into your yogurt, or just eat them as a snack.
In one study, researchers found pomegranate effective in clearing mucus. The scientists extracted the juice from the fruit and then used it as a spray to treat mice with nasal polyps, which are abnormal tissue growths that block nasal passages. Normally, treatment for this would be surgical removal of the polyps with a laser or other invasive procedure. But after just one treatment with pomegranate spray (applied every two days), all of the polyps disappeared without any other intervention! It’s thought that the antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds in pomegranate juice were responsible for this effect.
You’ll get lots of vitamin C for all these options, which can help with mucus because it helps produce the white blood cells that your body needs to fight infection. Most of your immune system is centered in your lungs, so if you have excess mucus, you’re fighting an infection, and pomegranate can help fight it.
