Asthma

G. U. Schuster; N. J. Kenyon; Charles Bolt Stephensen

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-375083-9.00021-0

Asthma

G. U. Schuster, N. J. Kenyon, Charles Bolt Stephensen

Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

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Abstract

The prevalence of asthma has increased considerably in societies with a Western life style, perhaps as a result of reduced infections increasing the likelihood of response to allergens. High-level intake of nutrients that sustain immune reactions underlying asthma may also be associated with this trend, and increasing obesity is now a contributing factor as well. Intake of antioxidant nutrients may minimize the severity of established asthma, and intake of long-chain omega-3 PUFAs found in fish oil also have the potential to inhibit the allergic inflammation.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Human Nutrition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	122-128
Number of pages	7
Volume	1-4
ISBN (Electronic)	9780123848857
ISBN (Print)	9780123750839
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-375083-9.00021-0
State	Published - Jan 1 2012

Keywords

Antioxidants
Asthma
Breastfeeding
Genetic polymorphisms
Interleukins
L-arginine
Leukotrienes
Lipoxygenase
Obesity
Omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids
Probiotics
Vitamin D
VitaminA
VitaminC

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Medicine(all)

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