The Grim Reaper’s trifecta: high cholesterol, COPD-emphysema and sarcopenia are a pox upon you and the destroyer of healthspan.

Emphysema and sarcopenia seem to be connected, although they are separate issues. The emphysema takes energy and life force from you, which means it's harder to combat sarcopenia. I am fighting both emphysema and sarcopenia. Look at the CT scans. I am making progress, and you can too.

This is a take-action website for people who want to do something about the dark spots in their phlegm, with or without a COPD diagnosis. Dark spots in your phlegm are most likely smoking residue and pollution debris. Dark spots in my phlegm are the result of the tobacco and marijuana smoke residue that caused my COPD-emphysema and I decided to do something about them.

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The 2024-06-28 CT scan is darker with less white stuff.

COPD and emphysema sufferers, do you have dark spots in your phlegm?

Fighting emphysema is really simple: breathing exercises, blood oxygen, and the right exercise program. The workout the debris DIY program is flexible; however, you will get out of the program what you put into the program. How much is your life worth? Emphysema will take you down unless you learn how to fight this curse. Sign up for my newsletter; see how many hours it took me to win.

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Take the paper plate test. Deposit your phlegm on a paper plate and allow at least 24 hours for your sample to dry. Compare your collection to the images below:

Phlegm collected and dried on a paper plate:

When you take the phlegm test, you will see the amount of black debris that is in your phlegm. How promoting an increase in phlegm production with black spots means that the smoking and pollution debris which cause emphysema are being removed from your lungs is always covered in my newsletter.

My dark spots under a microscope at 40X:

The paper plate test helped me watch my progress as I attempted to decongest my lungs of the smoking debris that caused my emphysema. Paper plate tests are a way of calculating debris volume you have expelled and showing you progress in the emphysema decongesting process.

Some of my specimens come out with a color that appears to be one color to the unaided eye; however, under the microscope it is a different story. See the images in our newsletter.

Dark spots in your phlegm is smoking and pollution debris that show up as white lines and blotches in your CT scans. I reduced the intensity of my white lines and blotches in about 90 days.

I invented a “workout the smoking debris” workout on 3-13-2024 using no pills, no inhalers, and no medical treatment. I had the second lung CT scan on 06-28-2024. The lung CT scan on 06-28-2024 is darker, with less white, indicating less congestion.

My drhealthspan.com newsletter shares with you how and how long it took me to accomplish the white reduction in my lungs.

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If you are coughing up phlegm with dark spots in your phlegm, your body is telling you something.

I have no formal approvals or reviews of my "workout the smoking debris" program. I am not a doctor, nor do I give medical advice. To get an accurate picture of your lung health, get a good doctor.

The drhealthspan.com newsletter deals with COPD-emphysema, sarcopenia and cholesterol. Our newsletters are short, sweet and get right to the point. We do publish some nutrition tips in the newsletter; however, our main focus is the killers COPD-emphysema, sarcopenia and cholesterol and how to control them.

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Blood Oxygen Level

There is nothing as important as the blood oxygen level to your brain, heart and every other cell in your body. Blood ox is consistently covered in our drhealthspan.com newsletter.

Blood Oximeter

Blood Pressure

High blood pressure is often the companion of COPD-emphysema. Blood pressure readings are easy to take and blood pressure monitors are inexpensive.

Blood Pressure Cuff

Sarcopenia

Sarcopenia is terrible, as it turns you into a scarecrow. To fight sarcopenia effectively, you need to know your overall health condition. Barring genetic defect, do you have any other conditions such as COPD, high cholesterol or weight issues? Emphysema and sarcopenia are issues that I face and I find that combatting emphysema is the easier of the two. Fighting sarcopenia is addressed in every issue of our newsletter, along with eating tips and the right exercises.