Actor’s simple lung hack
Actor Kim Seonho says he eats boiled carrots daily, dipped in salt, to help with lung inflammation scars he attributes to COVID aftereffects. (x.com). The social post frames it as a personal, daily habit rather than a clinical treatment. (x.com)
South Korean actor Kim Seon-ho said he eats boiled carrots with salt every day as a personal routine for lingering lung scarring he links to COVID-19 aftereffects. (x.com) Kim, 39, is best known for “Start-Up,” “Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha” and the 2025 Netflix series “When Life Gives You Tangerines.” He signed with Fantagio in March 2025 after leaving his previous agency. (netflix.com) (soompi.com) The post circulating online presents the carrots as something Kim says he does daily, not as a prescribed treatment or a medical recommendation. The clip does not show him claiming that boiled carrots can reverse lung scarring. (x.com) Long COVID is the name for symptoms or complications that continue after the initial coronavirus infection. Medical reviews have documented that some patients develop persistent inflammation, breathing problems or interstitial lung disease, a condition that can leave scar-like changes in lung tissue. (nature.com) (publications.ersnet.org) Doctors describe post-COVID lung scarring as damage that can follow severe pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome, the life-threatening lung failure seen in some COVID-19 cases. Cleveland Clinic says COVID-related lung damage can include pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome and scarring driven by an overactive immune response. (my.clevelandclinic.org) (nebraskamed.com) There is no major clinical guideline that lists boiled carrots with salt as a treatment for post-COVID lung scarring. The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation says people with symptoms after COVID may need evaluation with imaging, lung function tests and follow-up care because shortness of breath and cough can have several causes. (pulmonaryfibrosis.org) Carrots do contain beta-carotene and other nutrients, but evidence for food alone healing established lung fibrosis is limited. National Institutes of Health research has linked long COVID symptoms to prolonged inflammation, while treatment decisions depend on the severity and pattern of lung injury, not one specific food. (nih.gov) (publications.ersnet.org) That leaves Kim’s comment in the category he appeared to put it in: a personal habit from a celebrity with a large audience. It is a concrete detail about how he says he manages his own recovery, but the medical literature points patients with ongoing breathing symptoms toward clinical evaluation rather than home remedies alone. (x.com) (pulmonaryfibrosis.org)
