How Diet Affects Asthma… or Does It?
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Updated August 18, 2015.
Current evidence does not support taking specific supplements to prevent or improve your asthma. However, it does appear that good eating habits, such as increasing fruit and vegetable intake along with nuts and whole grains, may improve your asthma. Rather than looking for a magic pill, it appears that a well-balanced diet may be the best nutritional intervention for your asthma.
Sources:
Barros P, Moreira, Fonseca A et. al. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and fresh fruit intake are associated with improved asthma control. Allergy 63:917-923, 2008
de Batlle J, Garcia-Aymerich J, Barraza-Villarreal A, Antó JM, Romieu I. Mediterranean diet is associated with reduced asthma and rhinitis in Mexican children. Mediterranean diet is associated with reduced asthma and rhinitis in Mexican children.
McKeever TM, Britton J. Diet and Asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 170. pp 725-729, 2004.
Written or medically reviewed by a board-certified physician. See About.com's Medical Review Policy.
Updated August 18, 2015.
Diet and Asthma - The Final Word
Current evidence does not support taking specific supplements to prevent or improve your asthma. However, it does appear that good eating habits, such as increasing fruit and vegetable intake along with nuts and whole grains, may improve your asthma. Rather than looking for a magic pill, it appears that a well-balanced diet may be the best nutritional intervention for your asthma.
Sources:
Barros P, Moreira, Fonseca A et. al. Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and fresh fruit intake are associated with improved asthma control. Allergy 63:917-923, 2008
de Batlle J, Garcia-Aymerich J, Barraza-Villarreal A, Antó JM, Romieu I. Mediterranean diet is associated with reduced asthma and rhinitis in Mexican children. Mediterranean diet is associated with reduced asthma and rhinitis in Mexican children.
McKeever TM, Britton J. Diet and Asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 170. pp 725-729, 2004.
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