The healthy gut secret to beating asthma
If you or someone you love suffers from asthma, you know how easily it can take over your life.
You don’t dare step out the door without your inhaler (or, sometimes, multiple inhalers) in tow. And just one sudden attack at the wrong time can spell disaster.
But now British researchers have stumbled upon what may be the next great breakthrough in asthma treatment. I’m talking about a simple remedy that can stop inflammation and attacks before they ever happen.
And it’s not a prescription pill or another inhaler — it’s a natural supplement you can start taking today.
Having an asthma attack is a lot like trying to breathe through a cocktail straw.
And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of Americans with asthma has been rising steadily.
The last thing you want to do is try to fight an asthma attack after is strikes. Your best bet is to keep these attacks from happening — and that’s what makes this new research so important.
Researchers from Nottingham Trent University just wrapped up a small study that gave prebiotics to a group of people suffering from the kind of asthma usually brought on by exercise.
Prebiotics are basically plant-based fibers that help nourish the healthy bacteria in your gut.
And after just three weeks, the patients in the study dramatically reduced the amount of inflammation in their airways. It was as if their entire respiratory systems finally calmed down.
Plus, their blood showed fewer markers for the tell-tale signs of inflammation seen in most asthmatics.
Imagine that — better control of your asthma in just three weeks.
The lead researcher for the study said we’re starting to understand how managing our gut bacteria can lead to better asthma treatment. But if you ask me, that’s a lesson we should have learned a long time ago.
We’ve known forever that healthy gut bugs can keep inflammation — like the kind that leave you feeling like your airways are being squeezed in a vise — in check.
And previous studies have shown that probiotics, the “good” gut bacteria you can find in yogurt or in supplement form, may be the key to stopping asthma.
If you’re suffering from asthma — and tired of lugging around an inhaler and worrying about the next attack — a daily regimen of prebiotics and probiotics may be just what the doctor ordered.
They’ve also been shown to help fight everything from anxiety to digestive disorders, and they could be the secret to breathing easy again.
Sources:
“Prebiotics drastically reduce severity of exercise-induced asthma, study shows” Nottingham Trent University, August 3, 2016, medicalxpress.com
