A subject of attention by Scotland'...

A subject of attention by Scotland's University of Aberdeen Medical denomination determined that children with the lowest rates of vitamin C intake were seven times more likely to perform the operations indicated in asthma than those with the highest consumption of this essential antioxidant. Children with the lowest saturated fat intake were 10 times les likely to make known asthma.

Research published in Alternative Medicine Review (February 2001) identified a number of complements useful in treating asthma, including the antioxidants vitamins B6 B12 C and E Selenium and zinc also prov helpful, as did omega-3 fatty acids, quercetin, Tylophora asthmatica and Boswellia serrata -- a of the same supplements that provide relief from allergies.

Finally, a German close attention found that asthma patients, who were given 30 mg of the Ayurvedic (a holistic system of healing first developed in India more than 3000 years ago) antidote Boswellia serrata three times a day for six weeks improved by way of 70 percent, compared to sole 27 percent of those given placebos.

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