Diet Influences Childhood Asthma Risk
This is really no big surprise. Staying away from pro-inflammatory diets high in animal proteins and eating less saturated and hydrogenated oils and more fruits and vegetables can have an impact on almost any disease afflicting humans.
Thorax 2000;55:775-779 Eating at fast food outlets and having a diet particularly low in milk and vegetables are among factors that increase the risk of “wheezy illness” in children. Uni-variate analyses showed that a family history of asthma, a positive skin test result and a history of eating at fast food outlets were significant risk factors for wheezy illness. This was also true of the lowest intakes of milk, vegetables, fiber, and certain nutrients, including vitamin E and calcium. They conclude that diet in childhood is “an important influence in determining the expression of wheezy illness,” and that a change in diet may have “been a determinant of the worldwide increases in asthma and allergies.”