I haven't been able to get back to Long Island so I'm still enjoying the Florida sunshine. One of my cats needs surgery so he has to stay put until Wednesday. So I'm doing my best to suffer through the 70 degree weather.
A friend of mine coached girls basketball for many years, and over that time he had a small handfull of them suffer from what is called "sports" or "exercise induced" asthma. The vigorous exercise triggered an acute narrowing of the airways, making it very hard for them to breathe.
99% of the time this was alleviated by the use of an inhaler, and 30 minutes of inactivity. Then, the girl was good to go again. These girls were exceptions to the general rule, in that most kids with this problem opt not to participate in athletics, or anything strenuous. Inactivity is not a good habit to get into at any age, but this is what happens, and many misinformed parents push their kids in this direction, not wanting them to get hurt, or embarrassed.
The way it was handled on the team was pretty remarkable. The affected girl would come out of the game, the inhaler would be brought out, usually by a teammate, and one of the assistant coaches would watch, while other girls administered treatment, relaxing the girl with the asthma attack, and getting her breathing back to normal.
Then, after a rest, she would often resume play, as if it had never happened at all.
This reminded me of a study I've just seen recently showing that pharmaceutical grade fish oil combined with a low salt diet reduces the incidence of bronchoconstriction, or "exercise induced" asthma.
In the study, done at the University of Indiana in 2006, the post-exercise lung function of participants, adults with mild to moderate persistant asthma, improved by about 64 per cent... and their use of emergency inhalers decreased by about 31 per cent, when they consumed a low salt diet, supplemented with pharmaceutical grade fish oil, for the period of the study.
A key finding in the study was that, while on the diet and fish oil supplementation, airway pro-inflammatory cells and markers were reduced. These are responsible for airway inflammation and airway obstruction.
Where do kids get all the salt, which is a key factor?
Cheetos, hot dogs, Doritos, frozen pizza, potato chips, and most microwavable food. All loaded with salt.
If you spend much time around kinds, you know they're putting this stuff away by the kilo.
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.
A friend of mine coached girls basketball for many years, and over that time he had a small handfull of them suffer from what is called "sports" or "exercise induced" asthma. The vigorous exercise triggered an acute narrowing of the airways, making it very hard for them to breathe.
99% of the time this was alleviated by the use of an inhaler, and 30 minutes of inactivity. Then, the girl was good to go again. These girls were exceptions to the general rule, in that most kids with this problem opt not to participate in athletics, or anything strenuous. Inactivity is not a good habit to get into at any age, but this is what happens, and many misinformed parents push their kids in this direction, not wanting them to get hurt, or embarrassed.
The way it was handled on the team was pretty remarkable. The affected girl would come out of the game, the inhaler would be brought out, usually by a teammate, and one of the assistant coaches would watch, while other girls administered treatment, relaxing the girl with the asthma attack, and getting her breathing back to normal.
Then, after a rest, she would often resume play, as if it had never happened at all.
This reminded me of a study I've just seen recently showing that pharmaceutical grade fish oil combined with a low salt diet reduces the incidence of bronchoconstriction, or "exercise induced" asthma.
In the study, done at the University of Indiana in 2006, the post-exercise lung function of participants, adults with mild to moderate persistant asthma, improved by about 64 per cent... and their use of emergency inhalers decreased by about 31 per cent, when they consumed a low salt diet, supplemented with pharmaceutical grade fish oil, for the period of the study.
A key finding in the study was that, while on the diet and fish oil supplementation, airway pro-inflammatory cells and markers were reduced. These are responsible for airway inflammation and airway obstruction.
Where do kids get all the salt, which is a key factor?
Cheetos, hot dogs, Doritos, frozen pizza, potato chips, and most microwavable food. All loaded with salt.
If you spend much time around kinds, you know they're putting this stuff away by the kilo.
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.
About the Author:
Dr. Bill is an author and orthopaedic surgeon. He endorses this enteric coated fish oil for its amazing health benefits.
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