Asthma and diet
Asthma occurs when your air passages suffer inflammation,making your breathing difficult.While some diets trigger off breathing difficulties,others help you deal with your asthma.
Some diet triggers are:
-Additives benzoates(E210-19), sulphites (E220-8) or gallates (E310-12)
-Cider, wine, and beer
-Foods containing yeast or mold like as bread and blue cheeses
-Foods, drinks and snacks that contain colorings E102, E104 and E110
-Cow’s milk, cereals especially wheat, eggs, fish, soy, and nuts (especially peanuts)
Your doctor can help you identify what your diet trigger is. Foods that can help you with your asthma include these.
-Two cups of coffee help you when you have an asthma attack.
-Hot foods like chillies,garlic and onions help to dilate air passages by thinning the mucus that creates so much distress.
-Foods that have an anti-inflammatory effect and aid in prevention of asthma include onions and fatty fish(which contain Omega 3 fatty acids).
-The magnesium in dried figs and sunflower seeds helps too.
The article here will be extremely useful for the enormous number of asthmatics out there.
Eating a healthy balanced diet complete with plenty of fiber is what an asthmatic needs most. Read this.

January 29th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
My asthma is triggered when I drink wine or beer!
February 2nd, 2007 at 5:30 pm
Wow, what a practical informative article.
Great stuff.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt
http://www.artistspassion.com