Re: sugar intake linked to Kid's asthma -RE Dad gives asthmatic chil...

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I'd love to see the original research. Is it sugar that's the trigger, or

the additives, colorings and/or amines in the candy/chocolate. I'd be more

likely to suspect the colors/additives than the sugar.

For example, it's pretty well known that Yellow Dye #5 is common asthma

trigger. Also, sulfites, which are in many dried foods.

I had one woman that had a 40 year history of asthma. After avoiding her

LEAP/MRT reactive foods and chemicals, her asthma disappeared. . . called me to

tell me " My pulmonologist fired me today. " Meaning, don't bother to come

back, your asthma is gone.

She said she'd get a bit of wheezing/tightness if she had a BAD cold, but

otherwise, it was gone.

Jan

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Sugar Intake Linked to Kids' Asthma?

Diet Rich in Sweets Could Promote Kids' Asthma, Study Shows

By

Charlene Laino

WebMD Health News

Reviewed by

Louise Chang, MD

March 17, 2008 (Philadelphia) -- Sugar might do more than just plump up our

children, it could also help give them asthma, animal research suggests.

Asthma now affects nearly 9% of children and

teens, a figure that has doubled since the 1980s, according to a study

published last year.

Poor eating habits, including frequent consumption of candy and other sugary

foods, are among factors blamed for the increase of

asthma in children and teens, says Sonja Kierstein, PhD, of the Nestle

Research Center in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Kierstein and colleagues hypothesized that a sugar-rich

diet may prime the immune system of the airways to allergic inflammation.

The inflammation, in turn, can cause a narrowing of the airways and mucus

production, resulting in

asthma symptoms, such as wheezing and shortness of breath.

Kierstein, who performed the study while at the University of Pennsylvania,

presented the findings here at the annual meeting of the American Academy of

Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Mice, Like Kids, Can't Get Enough Sugar

To test their theory, the researchers studied two groups of mice. One group

was given water. The other mice were offered sugar-laced water and allowed to

drink up -- as much as they wanted.

" Their behavior was just like in kids, " Kierstein tells WebMD.

" Once they tasted [the sugar water], they went back again and

again. "

Both groups of mice were then injected with an allergen in an effort to make

them more tolerant to that allergen. The idea of tolerance is to strengthen

the

immune system to fight off the effects of a future exposure to that allergen.

Allergens are substances that can cause allergic reactions such as runny

noses

and hives and can trigger asthma symptoms.

Then, both groups of mice were reinjected with the same allergen and the

researchers looked at whether there was any difference in how susceptible the

two groups were to inflammation in the airways and the allergic response.

" What we found, " Kierstein says, " is that the sugar-fed mice had

more than twice as much airway inflammation as the water-fed mice. Their

immune

systems were more activated. This makes them more susceptible to

asthma. "

Asriani M. Chiu, MD, a pediatric allergist at the Medical College of

Wisconsin in Milwaukee, says the findings provide " one more reason to

encourage our children to eat less sugar. "

One simple way to cut back on your kid's sugar intake is to replace soda and

sugar-laden fruit punch with juices that don't have any added sugar, Chiu

tells

WebMD.

" Read the labels, " she advises. " Some parents are not aware that

high-fructose corn syrup, an ingredient in many fruit drinks, is just another

form of sugar. "

View Article Sources

SOURCES:

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting 2008,

Philadelphia, March 14-18, 2008.

Sonja Kierstein, PhD, Nestle Research Center, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Asriani M. Chiu, MD, associate professor of pediatrics and medicine,

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.

Perrin et al. The Journal of the American Medical Association, June 27,

2007; vol 297: pp 2755-2759.

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