Asthma - A Vitamin Deficiency Disease?

After reading this article, I have been thinking that it would be prudent for Asthmatics to ensure adequate intake of Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Vitamin E in particular - as well as Vitamin D which has been shown in other studies to be linked to Asthma prevalence.

Intake for Vitamin A from Supplements should be only from Retinol and could be taken at 25,000iu per day.

Additional Vitamin C should be taken only as Acerola powder, so as to ensure that the Vitamin C is in the natural form and best absorbed and utilized by the body.

Vitamin E can be taken in supplemental form but only in the natural "D Alpha Tocopheral" Form and not DL which is synthetic.

Taking these nutrients together will ensure that a person has the best chance of supplying the lungs with the nutrients they need in order to prevent inflammation in response to any immune system challenges, fatigue as a result of exercise or exertiion, or any irritants which may trigger Asthma episodes.

 
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Is Asthma One of the Vitamin Deficiency Diseases Posted on April 6, 2010 in Deficiency


According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 16.4 million adults and 7 million children suffer from Asthma in the United States . Researchers from Nottingham University have found out that Asthma is one among the vitamin deficiency diseases. The results of their findings are published in the journal Thorax. This article tries to gain further insight on this topic.

What Research Has to Say on Asthma as One of the Vitamin Deficiency Diseases:

• The researchers found that low levels of Vitamin A and C can increase the risk of Asthma.
• The study involved review of 40 research articles relating vitamins and Asthma from 1980 to 2007.
• People with Asthma were found to have lower intake of Vitamin A than the people without this chronic inflammation of lungs.
• Severe Asthma patients were found to have relatively less intake of Vitamin A than mild Asthma patients.
• The difference of intake of Vitamin A between the severe and mild patients was found to be around 50 percent.
• When intake of Vitamin C was studied, it was found that people with insufficient amount of this vitamin in their body are at 12 percent higher risk of developing Asthma when compared to people who take sufficient amount of this vitamin in their diet.
• Vitamin E also played a role in increasing the risk of Asthma.
• However, it was interesting to know that severe patients had low levels of this vitamin when compared to the mild patients.
• Severe Asthma patients took 20 percent less vitamin E than the recommended daily intake of this vitamin.
• In a research article published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, it was stated that children with severe Asthma had low levels of Vitamin D when compared to children suffering from mild Asthma.

These observation made by the researchers compel us to believe that Asthma can be included in the list of vitamin deficiency diseases.