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