What Are The Dietary Taboos For Asthma Patients? These Foods Should Be Avoided, Take A Look

Dietary guidelines for people with asthma: Are these foods really something to avoid?

In daily life, there are a large number of asthma patients who behave cautiously. Especially when facing attractive food, they are always full of worry, fearing that a slight carelessness will cause distressing coughing and wheezing.

This caution is completely understandable. After all, diet is indeed an important part of controlling asthma.

We often hear that there are many "foods" that people with asthma should not eat, but which ones are they specifically?

What's the reason behind it?

Just today, we are going to sort it out in detail to help everyone manage their diet, making it more scientific and more secure.

Seafood and aquatic products: Be wary of the “stale” trap

When it comes to asthma allergens, many people’s first reaction is seafood such as fish, shrimp, and crab.

Indeed, seafood is one of the common foods that trigger allergic asthma.

Research has found that the protein in seafood that causes allergies is extremely "stubborn" and has strong heat resistance. Even if it has been cooked, the allergen is still there.

Therefore, for those asthmatics who have clearly demonstrated an allergic reaction to seafood, completely eliminating it is the safest option.

I would like to remind everyone here that stale seafood is more likely to induce asthma.

The reason for this is that after seafood is putrefied, a large amount of biologically active substances such as histamine will be produced. Even if people are not allergic, they are likely to have reactions similar to allergies after eating them. However, for asthma patients, this will undoubtedly make the situation worse.

Therefore, if you choose to eat seafood, you must ensure that the ingredients are fresh enough and fully cooked.

But the core principle is still: as long as you are confirmed to be allergic, never touch it.

Dairy products and eggs: Parents of infants and young children need to pay special attention

For infants and young children, milk and egg It is a "big cause" of allergic asthma.

A variety of allergenic proteins that are strong irritants to babies' delicate immune systems are present in milk, such as alpha-lactalbumin and beta-lactoglobulin.

Although heating can reduce their allergenicity to a certain extent, it is still possible for children with highly allergic symptoms to cause asthma attacks.

For this reason, we always advocate breastfeeding, which not only reduces the risk of allergies, but also improves the baby's immunity.

The situation is similar with eggs. Allergens are mainly concentrated in the egg protein in the egg white.

Studies have shown that if you only eat egg yolks, the chance of inducing asthma will be greatly reduced.

Therefore, when adding complementary foods to infants and young children, be sure to start with a small amount of egg yolks and pay close attention to whether there is any allergic reaction. As for egg whites, you can wait until the child is older before trying them.

Grains, Nuts and Legumes: The Invisible “Stealth Killers”

The staple foods we eat every day may also be triggers.

Even though wheat and cereals themselves rarely directly cause asthma caused by food allergies, there is a special type of "baker's asthma" that needs to be paid attention to.

This condition often results from long-term and large-scale exposure to flour dust, especially in poorly ventilated environments. Occupational asthma symptoms are caused by inhaled allergens.

Therefore, for ordinary people, it is safe to eat cereal staple foods normally. However, it should be noted that flour should not be stored for a long time, because flour stored for a long time may breed mites or become oxidized, thereby increasing the risk of allergy.

There are oil crops such as peanuts and sesame, as well as various beans, but they all become potential allergens due to their high protein content.

It should be noted that after those products are made into oil-containing products, the protein is removed, and the possibility of causing allergies is greatly reduced.

Therefore, eating peanuts or beans raw directly has the highest risk in this case. It is best to go through the frying process, or fully cook, or process them before eating them. In this way, you can enjoy the wonderful taste and reduce the risk.

Fruits, vegetables and meat: Although rare, you need to be alert to individual cases

Compared with the above categories, the incidence of asthma caused by fruits is much less, and the incidence of asthma caused by vegetables is also much less. The same is true for the incidence of asthma caused by meat, but it is not absolutely non-existent.

Occasionally there are reports claiming that people have asthma after eating fruits such as peaches, bananas, and strawberries, or that people have asthma after eating vegetables like mushrooms, tomatoes, and leeks.

Although this is an extremely rare case, for those patients who have been diagnosed with asthma, if they feel unwell after eating a certain kind of fruits and vegetables, they should put this kind of fruits and vegetables on their "blacklist".

In the same situation, there are also very few reports of allergies to beef, sheep, pig and other meats, but the overall risk is very low.

Respond scientifically and don’t have to “give up eating because of choking”

Having said all this, I am not trying to make everyone fear food.

According to statistical results, asthma caused by food allergies only accounts for 1% to 2% of all asthma patients. In fact, this proportion is not very high.

Everyone is allergic to different foods. The key is to find the "culprit" that belongs to you.

It’s perfectly safe to enjoy foods that have never caused you discomfort.

Blindly fasting from a certain category of food may lead to imbalanced nutrition, which may adversely affect your health.

As an asthma patient, the most important self-management method is to clearly understand the allergens and then strictly avoid them; carry emergency medicine at all times to prevent accidents.

If you have any doubt that something is related to asthma attacks, you can try to keep a food diary to record the food you eat and your body's reactions. As a last resort, go to the hospital for professional allergen testing.

Remember, only by maintaining a relaxed attitude and eating scientifically can you better coexist peacefully with asthma.