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Treating Asthma and Eczema With Plant-Based Diets
"Treating Asthma and Eczema With Plant-Based Diets" Twenty patients with allergic eczema were placed
on a vegetarian diet for two months, and their disease scores, covering both
subjective and objective signs and symptoms were cut in half, similar to what you see
using one of our most powerful drugs. The drug worked quicker, within about two weeks, but since side effects may include kidney failure
and cancer the drug is considered a class 1 carcinogen,
the dietary option may be preferable.
But this was no ordinary vegetarian diet. This was an in-patient study using
an extremely calorically restricted diet. They were practically half fasting, so we don't know
which component was responsible for the therapeutic effect. What about using a more conventional plant-based
diet against a different allergic disease, asthma? In Sweden, there was an active health movement that
claimed that a vegan diet could improve or cure asthma. Bold claim. So in order to test this, a skeptical
group of orthopedic surgeons at the University Hospital followed a series of patients who were
treated with a vegan regimen for one year. Patients, participants had to be
willing to go completely plant-based and they had to have physician-verified asthma of
at least a year's duration that wasn't getting better, or even getting worse despite
the best medical therapies available. They found quite a sick group to follow.
Thirty-five patients with long-established hospital-verified
bronchial asthma for an average duration of a dozen years. Of the 35 patients, 20 had been admitted to the hospital
for acute asthmatic attacks during the last two years. Of these, one patient had received acute infusion therapy a total
of 23 times during the period, which is like an emergency intravenous. And another patient claimed he had been brought
to the hospital 100 times during his disease and
on every occasion had evidently required such treatments. One patient even had a cardiac arrest during an asthma
attack and had been brought back to life on a ventilator,
so we're talking some pretty serious cases. They were on up to eight different
asthma medications when they started. They were each on an average of 4.5 drugs
and still not getting better. Twenty of the 35 were constantly using cortisone, which
is one of our most powerful steroids used in severe cases.
So basically fairly advanced cases of the disease,
more severe than the vegan practitioners were used to. Still, how'd they do? Eleven could not stick to the diet for a year. But of the 24 that did, 71% reported improvement
at four months and 92% at one year, and these were folks that had not improved at all
over the previous year before changing their diet. Concurrently with this improvement, the patients
greatly reduced their consumption of medicine. Four had completely given up their medication altogether,
and only two weren't able to at least drop their dose. They went from 4.5 drugs down to 1.2,
and some were able to get off cortisone. Some said that their improvement was so considerable
that they felt like ”they had a new life.” One nurse had difficulty at work because
most of her co-workers were smokers, but after the year she could withstand the secondhand smoke
without getting an attack, as well as tolerating other asthma triggers. Others reported the same thing. Whereas previously they could only live in a clean environment
and felt more or less isolated in their homes, they could now stay out without getting asthma attacks.
And it wasn't just subjective improvements. There was a significant improvement in a number of clinical variables, including most importantly, measures of lung function, vital capacity,
forced expiratory volume, as well as physical working capacity, as well as a significant drop in sed rate,
and IgE, which are allergy associated antibodies. Bottom line, they started out with 35 patients who had
suffered from severe asthma for an average of 12 years, all receiving long-term medication, 20 including cortisone, were subjected to vegan food for a year, and in almost all cases medication was withdrawn or drastically reduced,
and there was a significant decrease in asthma symptoms. Despite the improved lung function tests and lab values, the placebo effect obviously can't be discounted
since there is no blinded control group, but the nice thing about a healthy diet
is that there are only good side effects.
Their cholesterol significantly improved, their
blood pressures got better, they lost 18 pounds, so from a medical standpoint, I figure why not give it a try?.
Video Transcript – As found on YouTube
Treating Asthma and Eczema With Plant-Based Diets
"Treating Asthma and Eczema With Plant-Based Diets" Twenty patients with allergic eczema were placed
on a vegetarian diet for two months, and their disease scores, covering both
subjective and objective signs and symptoms were cut in half, similar to what you see
using one of our most powerful drugs. The drug worked quicker, within about two weeks, but since side effects may include kidney failure
and cancer the drug is considered a class 1 carcinogen,
the dietary option may be preferable.
But this was no ordinary vegetarian diet. This was an in-patient study using
an extremely calorically restricted diet. They were practically half fasting, so we don't know
which component was responsible for the therapeutic effect. What about using a more conventional plant-based
diet against a different allergic disease, asthma? In Sweden, there was an active health movement that
claimed that a vegan diet could improve or cure asthma. Bold claim. So in order to test this, a skeptical
group of orthopedic surgeons at the University Hospital followed a series of patients who were
treated with a vegan regimen for one year.
Patients, participants had to be
willing to go completely plant-based and they had to have physician-verified asthma of
at least a year's duration that wasn't getting better, or even getting worse despite
the best medical therapies available. They found quite a sick group to follow. Thirty-five patients with long-established hospital-verified
bronchial asthma for an average duration of a dozen years. Of the 35 patients, 20 had been admitted to the hospital
for acute asthmatic attacks during the last two years. Of these, one patient had received acute infusion therapy a total
of 23 times during the period, which is like an emergency intravenous.
And another patient claimed he had been brought
to the hospital 100 times during his disease and
on every occasion had evidently required such treatments. One patient even had a cardiac arrest during an asthma
attack and had been brought back to life on a ventilator,
so we're talking some pretty serious cases. They were on up to eight different
asthma medications when they started. They were each on an average of 4.5 drugs
and still not getting better.
Twenty of the 35 were constantly using cortisone, which
is one of our most powerful steroids used in severe cases. So basically fairly advanced cases of the disease,
more severe than the vegan practitioners were used to. Still, how'd they do? Eleven could not stick to the diet for a year. But of the 24 that did, 71% reported improvement
at four months and 92% at one year, and these were folks that had not improved at all
over the previous year before changing their diet. Concurrently with this improvement, the patients
greatly reduced their consumption of medicine. Four had completely given up their medication altogether,
and only two weren't able to at least drop their dose.
They went from 4.5 drugs down to 1.2,
and some were able to get off cortisone. Some said that their improvement was so considerable
that they felt like ”they had a new life.” One nurse had difficulty at work because
most of her co-workers were smokers, but after the year she could withstand the secondhand smoke
without getting an attack, as well as tolerating other asthma triggers. Others reported the same thing. Whereas previously they could only live in a clean environment
and felt more or less isolated in their homes, they could now stay out without getting asthma attacks. And it wasn't just subjective improvements. There was a significant improvement in a number of clinical variables, including most importantly, measures of lung function, vital capacity,
forced expiratory volume, as well as physical working capacity, as well as a significant drop in sed rate,
and IgE, which are allergy associated antibodies.
Bottom line, they started out with 35 patients who had
suffered from severe asthma for an average of 12 years, all receiving long-term medication, 20 including cortisone, were subjected to vegan food for a year, and in almost all cases medication was withdrawn or drastically reduced,
and there was a significant decrease in asthma symptoms. Despite the improved lung function tests and lab values, the placebo effect obviously can't be discounted
since there is no blinded control group, but the nice thing about a healthy diet
is that there are only good side effects.
Their cholesterol significantly improved, their
blood pressures got better, they lost 18 pounds, so from a medical standpoint, I figure why not give it a try?.
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Preventing Asthma with Fruits and Vegetables
"Preventing Asthma With Fruits and Vegetables" Asthma is the most common
chronic disease in children, and the prevalence is
increasing around the world. Despite this, most research dollars
are spent on adult chronic diseases. One might ask whether this is because
our politicians and senior administrators feel themselves to be more
likely to suffer from the latter, and ignore allergic diseases
because they have their major impact on children and young
adults who don't vote. Imagine how much more effort
would be put into elucidating causes of a disorder
that increased at the same escalated rate in
the middle aged and elderly. Well, finally, an international study
of asthma and allergies in childhood, studying more than a million children
in nearly a hundred countries, making it the most comprehensive survey
of these diseases ever undertaken. What did they find? They found a wide variability
in the prevalence and severity of asthma, allergies,
and eczema. We're talking 20-fold
to 60-fold difference in prevalence of symptoms of
asthma, allergic runny nose, and atopic eczema
around the world. Striking worldwide variations in
the prevalence of allergic symptoms.
What does it
all mean? Well, the large variability
suggests a crucial role of some kind of local characteristics
determining the differences in prevalence between
one place and another. What kind of environmental factors? Like, why does the prevalence
of itchy eyes and runny nose range anywhere from 1% in India, for
example, up to 45% of kids elsewhere? There were some associations with
regional air pollution and smoking rates, but the most significant
associations were with diet. Adolescents showed a
consistent pattern of decreases in symptoms of wheeze
(current and severe), allergic rhinoconjunctivitis
and atopic eczema, associated with increased
consumption of plants. The more their calories and
protein came from plant sources, the less allergies
they seemed to have. In general, there seems
to be an association between an increase
in asthma prevalence and decreased consumption of
fresh fruits, green vegetables, and other dietary
sources of antioxidants, helping to explain why the prevalence
of asthma and respiratory symptoms is lower in populations with high
intake of foods of plant origin. Intakes of high fat and sodium,
and low fiber and carbohydrates are linked with asthma, while traditional and vegetarian diets
are associated with lower rates.
For example, if you
look closer within India, in a study of more
than 100,000 people, those who consumed meat, for example,
daily or even occasionally, were more likely to report asthma than
those who were strictly vegetarian, which meant also
avoiding eggs. Eggs have been associated,
along with soda, with an increased risk of respiratory
symptoms and asthma in schoolchildren, whereas consumptions
of soy foods and fruits were associated with reduced
risk of respiratory symptoms. In fact, removing eggs from
the diet, along with dairy, may improve lung function
in asthmatic children in as little
as eight weeks. So maybe it's a combination of eating
less animal foods and more plants.
High vegetable intake, for example,
has been found protective in children, cutting the odds of
allergic asthma in half. And fruit showed a consistent
protective association for current and severe wheeze and
runny nose in adolescents, and for current and severe asthma,
allergies, and eczema for children. But why? I've talk about the endocrine-
disrupting industrial pollutants building up in the meat supply that may
increase the risk of allergic diseases, but the increase in asthma
may be a combination of both a more toxic environment
and a more susceptible population. "The dietary changes which have
occurred over recent years may have led to a reduction in
these natural antioxidant defenses, resulting in a shift of the antioxidant
status of the whole population and leading to increased susceptibility
to oxidant attack and airway inflammation." In adults, for example, the risk
of airway hyper-reactivity may increase seven-fold
among those with the lowest intake of
vitamin C from plants foods, while the lowest intake of saturated
fats gave a 10-fold protection, presumably because of saturated fats
have a role in triggering inflammation.
“The protective effect of plant-based
food may also be mediated through effects on
intestinal microflora." It turns out the differences in
the indigenous intestinal flora might affect the development and priming
of the immune system in early childhood. Kids with allergies,
for example, tend to be less likely to
harbor lactobacilli, the good bacteria that's
found in fermented foods and also just naturally
on fruits and vegetables. And lactobacillus probiotics may
actually help with childhood asthma, which may all help
explain why children raised on largely
organic vegetarian diets may have lower prevalence
of allergic reactions. Infants raised in this way tend
to have more good lactobacilli in their guts compared
to controls, though they were also more likely
to have been born naturally, breastfed longer, and not
given as many antibiotics, so you really can't tell if it's the
diet until you put it to the test… which we'll
explore next..
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Treating Asthma and Eczema With Plant-Based Diets
"Treating Asthma and Eczema With Plant-Based Diets" Twenty patients with allergic eczema were placed
on a vegetarian diet for two months, and their disease scores, covering both
subjective and objective signs and symptoms were cut in half, similar to what you see
using one of our most powerful drugs. The drug worked quicker, within about two weeks, but since side effects may include kidney failure
and cancer the drug is considered a class 1 carcinogen,
the dietary option may be preferable. But this was no ordinary vegetarian diet. This was an in-patient study using
an extremely calorically restricted diet. They were practically half fasting, so we don't know
which component was responsible for the therapeutic effect. What about using a more conventional plant-based
diet against a different allergic disease, asthma? In Sweden, there was an active health movement that
claimed that a vegan diet could improve or cure asthma. Bold claim. So in order to test this, a skeptical
group of orthopedic surgeons at the University Hospital followed a series of patients who were
treated with a vegan regimen for one year.
Patients, participants had to be
willing to go completely plant-based and they had to have physician-verified asthma of
at least a year's duration that wasn't getting better, or even getting worse despite
the best medical therapies available. They found quite a sick group to follow. Thirty-five patients with long-established hospital-verified
bronchial asthma for an average duration of a dozen years. Of the 35 patients, 20 had been admitted to the hospital
for acute asthmatic attacks during the last two years. Of these, one patient had received acute infusion therapy a total
of 23 times during the period, which is like an emergency intravenous. And another patient claimed he had been brought
to the hospital 100 times during his disease and
on every occasion had evidently required such treatments. One patient even had a cardiac arrest during an asthma
attack and had been brought back to life on a ventilator,
so we're talking some pretty serious cases. They were on up to eight different
asthma medications when they started. They were each on an average of 4.5 drugs
and still not getting better. Twenty of the 35 were constantly using cortisone, which
is one of our most powerful steroids used in severe cases.
So basically fairly advanced cases of the disease,
more severe than the vegan practitioners were used to. Still, how'd they do? Eleven could not stick to the diet for a year. But of the 24 that did, 71% reported improvement
at four months and 92% at one year, and these were folks that had not improved at all
over the previous year before changing their diet. Concurrently with this improvement, the patients
greatly reduced their consumption of medicine. Four had completely given up their medication altogether,
and only two weren't able to at least drop their dose. They went from 4.5 drugs down to 1.2,
and some were able to get off cortisone. Some said that their improvement was so considerable
that they felt like ”they had a new life.” One nurse had difficulty at work because
most of her co-workers were smokers, but after the year she could withstand the secondhand smoke
without getting an attack, as well as tolerating other asthma triggers. Others reported the same thing. Whereas previously they could only live in a clean environment
and felt more or less isolated in their homes, they could now stay out without getting asthma attacks.
And it wasn't just subjective improvements. There was a significant improvement in a number of clinical variables, including most importantly, measures of lung function, vital capacity,
forced expiratory volume, as well as physical working capacity, as well as a significant drop in sed rate,
and IgE, which are allergy associated antibodies. Bottom line, they started out with 35 patients who had
suffered from severe asthma for an average of 12 years, all receiving long-term medication, 20 including cortisone, were subjected to vegan food for a year, and in almost all cases medication was withdrawn or drastically reduced,
and there was a significant decrease in asthma symptoms. Despite the improved lung function tests and lab values, the placebo effect obviously can't be discounted
since there is no blinded control group, but the nice thing about a healthy diet
is that there are only good side effects.
Their cholesterol significantly improved, their
blood pressures got better, they lost 18 pounds, so from a medical standpoint, I figure why not give it a try?.
Video Transcript – As found on YouTube
Treating Asthma and Eczema With Plant-Based Diets
"Treating Asthma and Eczema With Plant-Based Diets" Twenty patients with allergic eczema were placed
on a vegetarian diet for two months, and their disease scores, covering both
subjective and objective signs and symptoms were cut in half, similar to what you see
using one of our most powerful drugs. The drug worked quicker, within about two weeks, but since side effects may include kidney failure
and cancer the drug is considered a class 1 carcinogen,
the dietary option may be preferable. But this was no ordinary vegetarian diet. This was an in-patient study using
an extremely calorically restricted diet. They were practically half fasting, so we don't know
which component was responsible for the therapeutic effect. What about using a more conventional plant-based
diet against a different allergic disease, asthma? In Sweden, there was an active health movement that
claimed that a vegan diet could improve or cure asthma. Bold claim. So in order to test this, a skeptical
group of orthopedic surgeons at the University Hospital followed a series of patients who were
treated with a vegan regimen for one year.
Patients, participants had to be
willing to go completely plant-based and they had to have physician-verified asthma of
at least a year's duration that wasn't getting better, or even getting worse despite
the best medical therapies available. They found quite a sick group to follow. Thirty-five patients with long-established hospital-verified
bronchial asthma for an average duration of a dozen years. Of the 35 patients, 20 had been admitted to the hospital
for acute asthmatic attacks during the last two years.
Of these, one patient had received acute infusion therapy a total
of 23 times during the period, which is like an emergency intravenous. And another patient claimed he had been brought
to the hospital 100 times during his disease and
on every occasion had evidently required such treatments. One patient even had a cardiac arrest during an asthma
attack and had been brought back to life on a ventilator,
so we're talking some pretty serious cases. They were on up to eight different
asthma medications when they started. They were each on an average of 4.5 drugs
and still not getting better. Twenty of the 35 were constantly using cortisone, which
is one of our most powerful steroids used in severe cases.
So basically fairly advanced cases of the disease,
more severe than the vegan practitioners were used to. Still, how'd they do? Eleven could not stick to the diet for a year. But of the 24 that did, 71% reported improvement
at four months and 92% at one year, and these were folks that had not improved at all
over the previous year before changing their diet. Concurrently with this improvement, the patients
greatly reduced their consumption of medicine. Four had completely given up their medication altogether,
and only two weren't able to at least drop their dose. They went from 4.5 drugs down to 1.2,
and some were able to get off cortisone. Some said that their improvement was so considerable
that they felt like ”they had a new life.” One nurse had difficulty at work because
most of her co-workers were smokers, but after the year she could withstand the secondhand smoke
without getting an attack, as well as tolerating other asthma triggers. Others reported the same thing. Whereas previously they could only live in a clean environment
and felt more or less isolated in their homes, they could now stay out without getting asthma attacks. And it wasn't just subjective improvements.
There was a significant improvement in a number of clinical variables, including most importantly, measures of lung function, vital capacity,
forced expiratory volume, as well as physical working capacity, as well as a significant drop in sed rate,
and IgE, which are allergy associated antibodies. Bottom line, they started out with 35 patients who had
suffered from severe asthma for an average of 12 years, all receiving long-term medication, 20 including cortisone, were subjected to vegan food for a year, and in almost all cases medication was withdrawn or drastically reduced,
and there was a significant decrease in asthma symptoms. Despite the improved lung function tests and lab values, the placebo effect obviously can't be discounted
since there is no blinded control group, but the nice thing about a healthy diet
is that there are only good side effects.
Their cholesterol significantly improved, their
blood pressures got better, they lost 18 pounds, so from a medical standpoint, I figure why not give it a try?.
Video Transcript – As found on YouTube
Treating Asthma and Eczema With Plant-Based Diets
“” Treating Asthma and Eczema With Plant-Based Diets” “Twenty people with allergic dermatitis were positioned
on a vegetarian diet plan for two months, and their disease scores, covering both
subjective and objective symptoms and signs were halved, similar to what you see
utilizing among our most powerful medicines. The drug worked quicker, within concerning 2 weeks, however since side results may consist of kidney failure
and cancer cells the drug is thought about a course 1 carcinogen,
the dietary option might be better. However this was no regular vegetarian diet regimen. This was an in-patient research making use of
an incredibly calorically limited diet plan. They were almost half fasting, so we put on'' t know which component was accountable for the restorative impact. What concerning using a more standard plant-based diet regimen versus a various sensitive condition, bronchial asthma? In Sweden, there was an active health and wellness activity that claimed that a vegan diet regimen can boost or heal bronchial asthma.
Vibrant insurance claim. So in order to test this, a cynical team of orthopedic doctors at the Teaching hospital followed a collection of clients who were treated with a vegan program for one year. People, individuals had to be ready to go entirely plant-based and they had to have physician-verified bronchial asthma of at the very least a year'' s period that wasn ' t getting far better, and even becoming worse in spite of the most effective medical treatments available. They found fairly an unwell team to follow. Thirty-five individuals with long-standing hospital-verified bronchial asthma for an average period of a loads years.
Of the 35 individuals, 20 had actually been admitted to the medical facility for severe asthmatic attacks during the last two years. Of these, one individual had received severe infusion therapy a total amount of 23 times throughout the duration, which resembles an emergency intravenous. And one more client asserted he had been brought to the hospital 100 times during his condition and on every celebration had evidently called for such therapies. One patient also had a cardiac arrest during a bronchial asthma attack and had actually been brought back to life on a ventilator, so we'' re chatting some rather significant cases. They were on up to 8 various asthma drugs when they began. They were each on approximately 4.5 medicines and still not improving. Twenty of the 35 were regularly making use of cortisone, which is among our most powerful steroids used in extreme cases. So basically relatively innovative instances of the condition, much more serious than the vegan practitioners were used to. Still, exactly how'' d they do? Eleven could not adhere to the diet regimen for a year.But of the
24 that did, 71% reported enhancement at 4 months and 92% at one year, and these were people that had actually not enhanced in all over the previous year before changing their diet plan. Simultaneously with this improvement, the patients significantly lowered their usage of medicine. 4 had actually completely surrendered their medication completely, and just 2 weren'' t able to a minimum of drop their dosage. They went from 4.5 medications down to 1.2, and some were able to get off cortisone. Some stated that their renovation was so significant that they felt like “they had a new life.” One registered nurse had problem at work because a lot of her co-workers were smokers, however after the year she can hold up against the pre-owned smoke without getting an assault, as well as enduring various other asthma activates. Others reported the exact same point. Whereas previously they might just stay in a tidy atmosphere and felt basically separated in their homes, they could now remain out without obtaining bronchial asthma attacks.And it wasn ' t simply subjective improvements. There was a significant renovation in a number of professional variables, including most notably, actions of lung function, vital ability, compelled expiratory volume, as well as manual labor capability, as well as a significant decrease in sed price, and IgE, which are allergy connected antibodies. Profits, they began with 35 patients who had dealt with severe bronchial asthma for approximately 12 years, all receiving lasting medicine, 20 including cortisone, went through vegan food for a year, and in virtually all instances medication was taken out or significantly decreased, and there was a considerable decline in asthma symptoms. Despite the improved lung function examinations and lab values, the sugar pill effect clearly can'' t be discounted since there is no blinded control team, yet the wonderful aspect of a healthy diet plan is that there are just excellent side impacts.
Their cholesterol dramatically enhanced, their high blood pressure got better, they shed 18 pounds, so from a clinical point ofview, I figure why not provide it a try?.