By Wellness Resources
Two new studies help to show the power of nutrition to assist
allergies and asthma. In one study people with higher levels of folic acid in
their blood had had fewer IgE antibodies, fewer reported allergies, less
wheezing and lower likelihood of asthma. In another study researchers found
that lower blood levels of vitamin D in children were linked
to allergy and asthma severity.
There is a national epidemic of
asthma in children, in part due to obesity and in part due to the overuse of antibiotics that has caused an overgrowth of
Candida, in turn causing excessive production of airway inflammatory signals
coming from the Candida.
Nutrients are certainly important and low levels of key
nutrients may allow such problems to manifest. Magnesium has long been known to
be lacking in individuals with allergies and asthma. Vitamin C and
bioflavonoids, especially quercetin, are of immense help.
In the new folic acid study researchers look at medical records of
8,000 people ages 2 to 85, comparing folic acid blood levels to levels of IgE antibodies, a key
immune system marker that elevates to an allergen. People with higher blood levels of folate had fewer IgE antibodies, fewer
reported allergies, less wheezing and lower likelihood of asthma. The
researchers believed that folic acid was acting to help reduce inflammation.
"Our findings are a clear indication that folic acid may indeed help
regulate immune response to allergens, and may reduce allergy and asthma
symptoms," says lead investigator Elizabeth Matsui, M.D. M.H.S., pediatric
allergist at Hopkins Children's.
In the new vitamin D study the researchers found that
"children with lower vitamin D levels were significantly more likely to
have been hospitalized for asthma in the previous year, tended to have airways
with increased hyperreactivity and were likely to have used more inhaled corticosteroids, all signifying
higher asthma severity. These children were also significantly more likely to
have several markers of allergy, including dust-mite sensitivity."
It appears that nutrient deficiencies of common nutrients set
the stage for excessive inflammatory reactions, which include allergy and
asthma. Parents should obviously improve the quality of the diet of any child
with such a problem.
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Byron J. Richards, Founder/Director of Wellness Resources, Inc., is a Board-Certified Clinical Nutritionist and a world renowned natural... (show bio)
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