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The development of asthma depends on a person's diet
Last reviewed: 27.11.2021
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The scientists concluded that the increased content of E vitamins (gamma-tocopherol, beta-tocopherol, alpha-tocopherol, delta-tocopherol) in the body increases the likelihood of developing respiratory diseases. Especially dangerous is the elevated level of gamma-tocopherol, which is rich in corn, rapeseed, soybean oil and provokes lung diseases. However, alpha-tocopherol scientists have recognized the contrary useful for the lungs, as it improves their performance.
Initially, the action of gamma-tocopherol was tested on laboratory rodents and as a result, scientists came to the conclusion that it is capable of provoking inflammation of the respiratory system, in addition, it increases its sensitivity, which in general results in the development of asthma.
Scientists have suggested that a similar effect can also be observed in humans. They examined more than four thousand people and found that a high level in the body of gamma-tocopherol reduced pulmonary function to 20%, and with a decrease in lung function by 10%, an asthmatic condition is already observed. Reduction of pulmonary function means that a person receives less than the prescribed air volume when inhaled.
As noted by experts, the statistics of the incidence of diseases associated with the respiratory system, not comforting, recently there has been a significant increase in the number of cases. Scientists associate the growth of pulmonary diseases with a change in diet. For example, in the United States, animal fats have replaced corn, soybean and rapeseed oils. At the same time, in countries where sunflower or olive oil is used primarily, the incidence of asthma is rather low.
In addition to nutrition, scientists suggest that overweight can also trigger the development of asthma. Full people every day inhale up to 50% more air than people with normal weight. In this case, the full people are at increased risk of injuring the respiratory system with pollutants that are in the air, in toga the likelihood of developing asthma or other lung diseases in fat people is higher.
In the body of fat people a large number of pollutants daily - sulfur dioxide, nitrogen, ammonia, ozone, etc., which in general has an irritant effect on the respiratory system.
Also, experts note that full children breathe more air than adults, because the body needs it to maintain the normal operation of all systems. The same ratio is observed in relation to men to women.
However, polluted air is dangerous not only for fat people. Experts note that with a weakened heart, the action of polluted air can lead to heart failure or trigger a heart attack. Especially dangerous are the exhaust gases of cars in which carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide, which are dangerous to the heart, are found, which through the lungs penetrate into the blood.
According to experts, even a slight decrease in the level of contamination would help to avoid about eight thousand heart attacks per year, as well as reduce the likelihood of developing respiratory diseases and cancer.