Lately there were many new findings about certain types of food having significant impact on the health. Recently, Australian researchers have discovered that high fat meals can cause a sudden increase in inflammation and cause the lung to function poorly. This is something that has a high chance of affecting people with asthma. Most of the time obesity is related to high fat diets. Now you can add asthma to that list.

The research was conducted in the University of Newcastle in Australia. All the participants in the research received a high fat meal. Before the tests the participants had a physical checkup as well as their lung function and Sputum samples. Sputum is a matter that is expelled from the respiratory tract like mucus or phlegm, combined with saliva, which can then be spat from the mouth.

According to American Heart Association suggests that about 25% to 35% of the calorie intakes should come from fats. But the meals that were high in fat contributed more than 50% of calories from fats alone. The high fat meals that were selected where fast food hamburgers and hash browns. Yes, those tasty and delicious foods that are considered bad for your health. As soon as the participants were done with the meal there were given 4 hours of rest period. Than new sputum samples and lung function tests were conducted.

The results showed that the airway had inflammations called neutrophils. There was a sudden increase of the inflammation compared to people who did not have asthma. The participants who had asthma used an inhaler which consisted of albuterol but it did not have the effect that it should after the lung function tests. It seems that this is the first study that had looked at the impact of high fat diet causing the inflammation in the airways.

It is good that they found out about this. I myself had childhood asthma and suffered asthma attacks sometime ago. I know how it feels when such an attack takes place. But this research has really become and eye opener for people with asthma. As asthma patient I did get allot of advises before. Like not smoking, keeping the house clean, take note of allergies which can trigger the asthma attack. Who would have guessed that high fat diets could be responsible as well? If you know of any asthma patients make sure you tell them about high fat meals and the impact it can have on their health.

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