Asthma

Before you start

The gut’s ability to absorb nutrients, whether it is from food or from the foodstate supplements, will be significantly improved if the body has first been cleansed of harmful toxins, and the intestinal tract replenished with healthy flora.

It is of particular benefit in today’s environment with our increased exposure to harmful toxins from so many sources. It is our recommendation to pre-empt any dietary/nutritional program with a cleanse, and to repeat it twice per year.

To this extent we recommend that before you start on your required formula you undertake our Detox Formula which involves 3 products that provide a very effective cleanse program that will enhance your health and wellbeing.

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What is Asthma?

It is essentially a condition of the immune system with the air passages reacting to one or several possible allergies.

How do people contract it?

Although pollutants are often the cause, people can contract it through foods and consumed chemical substances. If you cannot change your polluted environment or you do not consider this to be the primary cause, then it is certainly worth considering dietary changes and introducing additional nutrients that are known (from published research studies) to help enhance an immune response.

Foodstate Supplements

The following supplements are known to be helpful:

ASTHMA Formula - SAVE 10% when you buy the complete set of formulas. This includes 1 of each product listed below. You save a total of £8.04
VAT Free Price: £72.30
Magnesium is known to improve lung function and can reduce bronchio-constriction associated with asthma. Asthma can be linked with magnesium deficiency.
VAT Free Price: £10.50
Gingko Biloba has been found to reduce inflammation and has muscle relaxant activity that reduces bronchio-restriction.
VAT Free Price: £9.70
Vitamin D helps to reduce inflammation and has been found beneficial with steroid resistant asthma suffers.
VAT Free Price: £9.90
Anti-Oxidant with Co-enzyme Q10 Asthmatic sufferers are often found to be low in important antioxidants increasing oxidative stress. An antioxidant formula can boost the body defence and help reduce oxidative processes. Co-enzyme Q10 increases oxygen supply and acts to promote anti-oxidative defence
VAT Free Price: £28.00
The Food State Multi-Vitamin and Mineral Complex forms a sound nutritional base to improve good health as this formula contains nutrients that are not always available within the normal dietary intake
VAT Free Price: £10.50
Vitamin C with Bioflavonoids helps to ease the bronchial constriction that occurs during asthma and helps promote anti-oxidative defence. Bioflavonoids are known to possess anti-allergic effects.
VAT Free Price: £10.50
Vitamin B Complex helps calm down the nervous system & immune response, lessening an allergic reaction. This vitamin group is known to help reduce the symptoms of Asthma.
VAT Free Price: £11.25

Table of Beneficial Nutritional Supplements

This information is offered as an introduction to supplements, herbs, foods and substances that are known to help with Asthma. This information is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment and it is suggested that sound advice is taken by an appropriately qualified practitioner.

The supplements highlighted are generally considered to be those of greatest importance.

Formula Daily Intake Initial Period Ongoing Intake Ongoing
Vitamins Multi-Vitamin-Mineral 1 twice daily 2 weeks 1 daily 1 daily
Anti-Oxidant with Co-Q10 1 twice daily 4 weeks 1-2 daily for 3 months 1 daily
Vitamin C with Bioflavonoids 1 twice daily 4 weeks 1-2 daily 1 daily
Vitamin B Complex 1 twice daily 2 weeks 1-2 daily 1 daily
Vitamin D 1 daily 2 weeks 1 daily if required
Minerals Magnesium 1 twice daily 4 weeks 1-2 daily for 3 months 1 daily
Herbals Gingko Biloba 1 daily 1 daily 1 daily 1 daily

Dietary recommendations

Positive Foods 

Cereal grains oats
Vegetables garlic (in moderation), onions, fennel, radish
Fruits freshly squeezed & diluted lemon juice, apricots & apricot juice, high fresh ripe fruit (exc. oranges & grapefruit), pineapple 
Legumes dahl
Teas, Herbs & Spices chilli, basil, horse-radish, fenugreek seed tea, green tea, thyme tea, elderberry cordial (unsweetened), liquorice
Nuts & Seeds rye sprouts,
Fungi Shitake mushrooms,
Fish
Meats
Dairy

Negative Foods 

Refined carbohydrates, hydrogenated fats, battery chicken & hens’ eggs, white sugar (sucrose), excess garlic, artificial sweeteners, sulphates (preservative), tartrazine

Additional Comment

It is important that attention is paid to the balance between acid-forming and alkali-forming foods. The optimum balance is around 60% alkali-forming to acid-forming. See Acid Forming and Alkali Forming table on this website.
Oxygen therapy has reported benefits in the treatment of asthma.

Additional Help & Support

It is sensible to consult a medical practitioner, homeopath, acupuncturist, or nutritional therapist or herbalist.