Asthma is a chronic disease involving the airways in the lungs. The panic, fear, and struggle to regain normal breathing can make it seem like an eternity to get relief.
Most medications and remedies are reactive "solutions". Here are some preventative actions that can be taken that can give you confidence and control over asthma.
1. Optimize digestion
Poor digestion can create toxins in the body that can lead to inflammation.
Add herbs and spices to your diet that promote having more frequent bowel movements. Garlic, ginger, aloe, senna, barberry, and turmeric are all helpful in promoting good digestion.
Eliminate foods that cause digestive problems. A good starting place is to remove refined sugar, refined white flour, and dairy as they all have negative effects on the digestive system.
Add digestive-friendly foods to your day with green smoothies. One of green smoothie a day can give your body a much needed boost of vitamins and minerals. Here is an example of my typical daily green smoothie; water, coconut water, ginger root, celery, kiwi, and romaine lettuce.
Chew your food thoroughly. It allows more nutrients to be absorbed and it allows your stomach not to work so hard since the pieces of food are much smaller.
2. Stay hydrated.
Drink plenty of water. This will help the mucus in the lung from becoming sticky. It's easy to lose track of this step during the busy day and with so many other drink options available water can be overlooked.
3. Retrain your breathing.
Breathing should be done effortlessly through the nose. If you are a mouth breather or a heavy breather it would benefit you greatly to start practicing gentle nose breathing.
4. Walk or participate in low impact exercise
Having asthma is a great excuse for not working out, after all you don't want to get yourself all worked up and induce and asthma attack. But you'll find that walking or other low impact activities can improve asthma control because they can be done while maintaining gentle nose breathing.
Avoid the nightmare of an asthma attack by using these natural prevention tips in your daily routine.
Stay safe!!!
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