I'm still enjoying the Florida sunshine as I write because my trip back to Long Island was delayed. One of my large family, (of cats) had to have surgery, and he can't travel until at least Wednesday. I'll just sit here and suffer in the 70 degree weather.
A friend of mine coached girls basketball for many years, and we got to talking about "sports" or "exercised induced" asthma, when exercise causes acute narrowing of the airways, making it tough to breathe.
An inhaler and 30 minutes of rest would work just about 99% of the time. Most kids with asthma avoid this problem altogether by not playing sports, which is a shame. Especially when misinformed parents support this decision, which means no exercise for the kid at all.
On my friend's team they had a remarkable system. The other girls would help out with the inhaler while the assistent coach supervised. And the affected girl's breathing would get back to normal as she calmed down.
Then, as if nothing had happened, the girl would leap right back into the game.
I've just seen a study showing that a low salt diet combined with pharmaceutical grade fish oil supplementation reduces the incidence of bronchoconstriction, or "sports" asthma.
The study, which was done at the University of Indiana in 2006, showed post-exercise lung function of adults with mild to moderate persistant asthma, improved by 64%. The use of emergency inhalers decreased by roughly 31%.
There was a key finding in the study that grabbed my attention. While on the diet and supplementing with fish oil, airway pro-inflammatory cells and markers were reduced in the participants. These are responsible for airway inflammation and airway obstruction.
So where are kids these days getting all their salt, which is a key factor?
Cheetos, hot dogs, Doritos, frozen pizza, potato chips, and most microwavable food. All loaded with salt.
If you're around kids much, then you already know they put this stuff away by the quart.
My advice...get rid of it. Start buying less of it, and start introducing the kids to good food. Everybody benefits.
And don't just get enteric coated pharmaceutical grade fish oil for yourself. Get it for the whole family. It's never too early to start everyone on the road to healthy living, and nobody is going to get a strong, healthy body by eating Fritos.
Good exercise and good food, plus enteric coated pharmaceutical grade fish oil, mean your odds of suffering from this kind of asthma may be very slim. - 15437
A friend of mine coached girls basketball for many years, and we got to talking about "sports" or "exercised induced" asthma, when exercise causes acute narrowing of the airways, making it tough to breathe.
An inhaler and 30 minutes of rest would work just about 99% of the time. Most kids with asthma avoid this problem altogether by not playing sports, which is a shame. Especially when misinformed parents support this decision, which means no exercise for the kid at all.
On my friend's team they had a remarkable system. The other girls would help out with the inhaler while the assistent coach supervised. And the affected girl's breathing would get back to normal as she calmed down.
Then, as if nothing had happened, the girl would leap right back into the game.
I've just seen a study showing that a low salt diet combined with pharmaceutical grade fish oil supplementation reduces the incidence of bronchoconstriction, or "sports" asthma.
The study, which was done at the University of Indiana in 2006, showed post-exercise lung function of adults with mild to moderate persistant asthma, improved by 64%. The use of emergency inhalers decreased by roughly 31%.
There was a key finding in the study that grabbed my attention. While on the diet and supplementing with fish oil, airway pro-inflammatory cells and markers were reduced in the participants. These are responsible for airway inflammation and airway obstruction.
So where are kids these days getting all their salt, which is a key factor?
Cheetos, hot dogs, Doritos, frozen pizza, potato chips, and most microwavable food. All loaded with salt.
If you're around kids much, then you already know they put this stuff away by the quart.
My advice...get rid of it. Start buying less of it, and start introducing the kids to good food. Everybody benefits.
And don't just get enteric coated pharmaceutical grade fish oil for yourself. Get it for the whole family. It's never too early to start everyone on the road to healthy living, and nobody is going to get a strong, healthy body by eating Fritos.
Good exercise and good food, plus enteric coated pharmaceutical grade fish oil, mean your odds of suffering from this kind of asthma may be very slim. - 15437
About the Author:
Dr. Bill is an author and doctor. He takes this enteric coated fish oil for its amazing health benefits.
