| If you are suffering from asthma, chances are | | | | your asthma attacks. The best way to begin to |
| you've tried a whole host of natural cures. Most of | | | | figure this out is to keep a food diary of everything |
| these remedies have probably been in the form of | | | | you eat and then to also keep a diary of when you |
| some type of drugs that your doctor has prescribed | | | | feel good and when you don't. Then compare the |
| for you. However, there are several asthma natural | | | | two and see if any foods jump out at you. |
| cures that maybe you haven't tried. These cures | | | | As for good foods, these are foods that are high in |
| include adjusting your diet and practicing a breathing | | | | magnesium content or in antioxidants. |
| technique. | | | | Some of the foods that are high in magnesium |
| What You Eat Affects Your Asthma | | | | include fish, legumes, and pumpkin seeds whereas |
| Did you know that what you eat or don't eat could | | | | foods that are high in antioxidants include dark green |
| have positive or negative effects on your asthma? | | | | leafy vegetables, spinach, and apricots. |
| There are some foods that you might be allergic to | | | | Breathing Techniques |
| that could trigger an asthma attack and then there | | | | Over the past several years, asthmatics have found |
| are some foods that are just naturally bad for your | | | | that they can dramatically improve their asthma by |
| asthma because they make you more susceptible to | | | | learning how to breathe correctly. They also learn to |
| an attack. | | | | control their asthma attacks by breathing through |
| However, there are also some foods that are good | | | | them. |
| for you and will help stop your asthma or lessen an | | | | There are a few different breathing techniques that |
| asthma attack. Many of these foods contain minerals | | | | work quite well. Probably the most well known |
| that act as anti-histamines. Anti-histamine helps stop | | | | method is the Buteyko Method. While this method |
| swelling in the body. This includes swelling of the | | | | does work very well, it is also quite difficult to learn. |
| bronchial tubes, which is what happens during an | | | | There are other methods that produce the same |
| asthma attack. | | | | results but are easier to learn. |
| Good and Bad Foods for your Asthma | | | | The Two Broad Categories of Asthma Home |
| Most of the foods that are bad for you are bad | | | | Remedies |
| because you have some type of allergy to those | | | | There are many different asthma home remedies |
| foods. Maybe the foods cause your bronchial tubes | | | | that are "out there" right now. Some of these |
| to swell, maybe it produces extra mucus, or maybe | | | | remedies work quite well, while others don't work so |
| it has some other effect that triggers an attack. | | | | well. For the most part, two broad categories of |
| Unfortunately what foods cause a negative reaction | | | | effective home remedies are diet and breathing |
| is usually unique to you and your situation. Therefore, | | | | techniques. |
| you have to figure out which foods might be causing | | | | |