Fish oil and asthma

[anthrax]

do you want some fish oil with your ephedrine ?

Fish oil supplements may help serious athletes who suffer from exercise-induced asthma breathe easier, a new study shows.

The results are the first to show that fish oil supplements reduce the airway constriction suffered by these elite athletes. Among the athletes with exercise-induced asthma, there was an almost 80% improvement in a lung function test taken 15 minutes after exercise. The athletes also reduced their use of bronchdilators by 20% after exercise.

The researchers suggest the anti-inflammatory properties of fish oil supplements may be the reason for these results.


SOURCES: Mickleborough, T. D. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, November 2003: vol 168: pp 1181-1189. Editorial, Sadeh, J., MD and Israel, E., MD; American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, November 2003; vol 168: pp 1146-1147. News release, American Thoracic Society.

 

[obiwan9962]

it is mind boggling to think that all our lives we grew up thinking fats were bad for us
we are now finding out that they are beneficials
i believe the out dated thinking of lo fat ultra pasterized diet has f**ked us up immensely

now we see fatty fishes are beneficial instead of the prescribed non fatty fishes
coconut oil was a deathwish til recently

so how else did our ancestors misjudge??

i say we eat a good solid diet with more protiens and fats
but we vary the sources as much and as often as we can



any one have any opinions on this??

 

[Synpax]

well, when you empower a government to become involved with things it shouldn't, and there is no real penalty to making huge mistakes because there is no balance sheet that shows the error, it's not surprising.

Thanks for the info. Yet another reason to pop those pills.

 

[Endo MD]

As an asthmatic, I'd like to hear some more about this study. Is that the whole study, I pressume just the abstract or even a news report on it. What I'm asking is, do you have the whole article online.

 

[anthrax]

As an asthmatic, I'd like to hear some more about this study. Is that the whole study, I pressume just the abstract or even a news report on it. What I'm asking is, do you have the whole article online.

for the full article : it's HERE