Like everyone else, asthma patients need to consume a healthful, balanced diet, but this is sometimes difficult if allergies require eliminating entire food groups (for example, milk and other dairy products). A dietitian can recommend substitutes or supplements to ensure maintaining good nutrition. Asthma drugs can create nutritional problems. Long-term steroid use, for example, causes […]
Heredity may be a factor. The reason some people have hyperreactive airways is unknown; heredity, however, is suspected of playing a role, because the disease runs in families. Many asthmatics also have hay fever and other allergies.
Although stress and emotional upsets can trigger or worsen an attack, experts emphasize that asthma is a lung disease, […]
Asthma is a chronic lung condition that is a leading cause of childhood deaths, especially among city dwellers, The rising toll of asthma has puzzled doctors, but many attribute it to a combination of factors, such as the cost of asthma medications, which may be beyond the means of low-income families, improper use of asthma […]
EAT PLENTY OF
• Fruits and vegetables (aim for 5 to 10 servings per day).
• Chicken soup, broth, and other fluids to help thin bronchial mucus.
• Foods high in omega-3 fatty acids such as salmon, mackerel, herring, and sardines to counter inflammation.
AVOID
• Any foods, including additives, that seem to bring on attacks.
• Mushrooms, cheese, soy sauce, […]