Asthma cured??

[AFC11]

Has anyone managed to keep asthma away by eliminating wheat and dairy from their diet. Or does anyone know of any studies done on this?

[daleboy3]

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[gwenvilla50]

Giving up mostly on dairy helped me. Try not to eat too much wheat. Eating those foods create mucus not just in my lungs but in my body. Shows under the skin with bloating. Interesting when I stop eating the wrong food that eventually the bloating goes. Liz

[Poobah]

My old chiropractor was someone who had a diet free of dairy, wheat and lots of other things. He explained that it's not so much the food but the way we now produce it. And he never cooked anything.

Wheat used to be left in stooks in the fields after harvest so that enzymes could do their job. Now we add chemicals to effect this change and intolerance to wheat and other grain has escalated.

As for dairy, treatment of livestock with antibiotics and other stuff will affect the product. I'm no expert but my family were farmers for generations and they wouldn't recognise food production that we have today.

Cheese definitely causes my phlegm levels to increase. And if I eat pizza with my fingers then touch my face I get a rash. I don't eat bread, milk or eat much cheese. Not eliminated but definitely helps.

I'm not convinced that an elimination diet will work for everyone but have heard of people who have been able to decrease their asthma meds as a result. It's worth a try as long as you can get the necessary minerals and nutrition from other sources.

[PaulRosedene]

I have given up gluten and dairy due to food intolerance. This has not cleared up my asthma or eczema, but if I eat gluten or dairy then my asthma and/or eczema will get worse.

Its definitely worth a try. You could give up one at a time for a week or so.

[AFC11 in reply to PaulRosedene]

Thanks for replying, can I ask did you try an elimination diet or did you decide gluten and dairy were the ones to try. Just wondered if there could be any other food that might be aggrevating asthma. I discovered that my son was getting asthma from bananas.

[PaulRosedene in reply to AFC11]

I could tell I had a problem with dairy and wheat from reactions over many years. I recommended these because they are common food intolerances. But, as you say, there are potentially many others. This could be from the original product itself or the chemicals with which the product has been treated. If you spot a consistent reaction then this a clue.

There are alternative approaches to identifying food intolerances. Through trial and error I realised that the problem was wider and encompassed gluten and all dairy. But food intolerances are particular to any individual.

[Ayeup]

Hi I have been on an anti inflammatory diet since last summer. It helps pain and allergies but not asthma as such. I still need to take all the meds unfortunately. It's worth trying though and it may help your asthma. Everybody's different.

[peege]

I'd find out triggers first.

Mine is mould so avoid it

[awilso]

I went dairy free when I found that the inhaler I had contained Lactose and I couldn’t stop coughing - that really helped with inflammation. A couple of years later I discovered gluten was actually causing the dairy intolerance so I stopped that and felt much better. Since then I have recovered metabisulphates (preservatives) also cause 7 hours of asthma reaction so have cut those out too.

Oils and meat also cause systemic Inflamation.

I now eat a whole food plant based diet without oil, dairy, meat, gluten or sulphates (including wine!!) and am 2 sizes smaller as a result of reduced inflammation - my asthma is firmly under control and my health is back to normal.

[AFC11]

That is great to hear, thanks so much for replying. Well done as I know it isnt easy.