Pro-inflammatory foods such as saturated fats and refined sugars increase the risk of asthma, while fruits and vegetables can help ...
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousFoods with inflammatory power such as Saturated fats and refined sugars can contribute to asthma attacks. According to an Australian research presented at the annual meeting of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) in Adelaide.
Researchers from Newcastle University presented the results of a study that showed how the people who follow a diet rich in inflammatory foods they are more likely to suffer from asthma attacks compared to those who mostly eat foods that lower inflammation such as fruits and vegetables.
The researchers took it as a sample 99 people with stable asthma and 61 healthy people used as a control group. For each, the intake of inflammatory foods was calculated through a dietary questionnaire and at the same time the following were assessed: lung function, frequency of asthma attacks and systemic inflammation. Thus the study found that those who mainly followed a pro-inflammatory diet were more likely to incur asthma attacks, unlike those who regularly consumed a lot. fruits and vegetables (anti-inflammatory diet) it reduced the tendency to flare up symptoms.
The consumption of saturated fat proved to be the most dangerous on a pro-inflammatory level: “Fat activates the same defense mechanism that responds to bacteria. - explained Lisa Wood of the Newcastle University Center for Asthma and Respiratory Diseases - If this inflammation arises after every meal it becomes a chronic problem “.
In reverse the fibers contained in fruit and vegetables, together with beta-carotene, the anti-inflammatory food components most important: "We have seen that fruits and vegetables can be very useful against asthma, reducing the risk of having an attack." The three-month study showed that those who followed a diet that included five servings of vegetables and two servings of fruit a day had fewer asthma attacks than those who ate two servings of fruit and one of vegetables.
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