Treating Asthma with Fruits and Vegetables
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 18/04/2014

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DESCRIPTION: Increasing fruit and vegetable consumption to seven servings a day appears to cut asthma exacerbation rates in half, whereas restricting consumption to Standard American Diet levels leads to a significant worsening of lung function and asthma control.

For more on that million-kid study, see my last video Preventing Asthma With Fruits and Vegetables (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-asthma-with-fruits-and-vegetables). 

If manipulating antioxidant intake by increasing fruit and vegetable intake can so powerfully reduce asthma exacerbation rates, why not just take antioxidant pills instead? I cover that in my next video Treating Asthma With Plants vs. Supplements? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-asthma-with-plants-vs-supplements)

And if a few extra servings of fruits and vegetables can make that kind of difference, what about a whole diet composed of plants? I close out this 4-part video series with Treating Asthma and Eczema With Plant-Based Diets (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-asthma-and-eczema-with-plant-based-diets).

What else might antioxidant-rich diets help with? See:
• Food Antioxidants and Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-antioxidants-and-cancer)
• Food Antioxidants, Stroke, and Heart Disease (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/food-antioxidants-stroke-and-heart-disease)
• Treating COPD With Diet (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-copd-with-diet/)

How many antioxidants should we shoot for? See:
• Minimum "Recommended Daily Allowance" of Antioxidants (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/minimum-recommended-daily-allowance-of-antioxidants/)
• How to Reach the Antioxidant "RDA" (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-to-reach-the-antioxidant-rda/)
• Antioxidant Rich Foods with Every Meal (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/antioxidant-rich-foods-with-every-meal/)

Where are antioxidants found the most?
• A Better Breakfast (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/a-better-breakfast/)
• Antioxidants in a Pinch (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/antioxidants-in-a-pinch/)
• Antioxidant Power of Plant Foods Versus Animal Foods (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/antioxidant-power-of-plant-foods-versus-animal-foods/)

Have a question for Dr. Greger about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/video/treating-asthma-with-fruits-and-vegetables/ and he'll try to answer it!

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