Stop having milk to avoid asthma

Reduced intake of dairy products improves airway clearance and asthma becomes reversible, controlled and is eliminated completely.

Stop drinking milk if you are an asthma patient.

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According to Philip George, Director, Respiratory Care Services, Franklin Centre for Rehabilitation and Nursing, New York, reducing the use of dairy products like milk, chocolates and curd decreases secretion and obstruction to the airways of asthmatic patients.

Undigested protein in dairy products tends to obstruct the airway, which results in wheezing.

Reduced intake of dairy products improves airway clearance and asthma becomes reversible, controlled and is eliminated completely, George said in Kottayam on Monday.

He said once the patients cut dairy items from diet, the patient need not have to rely on asthma medication.

The patients should add calcium rich foods to their diet to lead healthier and more productive lives.

Asthma is a chronic lung disorder that prevents air from flowing freely through the lungs, resulting in breathlessness, coughing and chest tightness.

According to a survey, in US over 14 million adults and 4.8 million children have asthma and there were more than 5000 asthma related deaths a year.