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runcyclexcski@yahoo.com - 31 Jul 2006 06:12 GMT

30 y.o. competitive athlete with an adult onset asthma. It's been only
8 months since IT happenned to me (compared to what many folks here go
through), but I am already fed up with it, b/c I need my life back. No
luck with conventional drugs whatsoever.

I decided to try a nutrition program. My doc ignore me asking "what
can I do other than intake products of organic sythesis?" Search on
"asthma" on Amazon yields 37846 Results. What would you recommend as
first ~3c hoices? Books by

Richard N. Firshein D.O.
Christopher H. Fanta, et al.
Fred M.D. Pescatore, Fred Pescatore

happenned to at the top of the 37846 list (for reasonds known to amazon
only). Any comments on these/other sources?

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Alison Chaiken - 01 Aug 2006 05:24 GMT

> I decided to try a nutrition program. My doc ignore me asking "what
> can I do other than intake products of organic sythesis?" Search on
> "asthma" on Amazon yields 37846 Results. What would you recommend as
> first ~3c hoices?

I liked _Life and Breath_ by Neil Schachter, MD although I was
sceptical about the nutrition program. The book is full of sound,
simple, mostly inexpensive advice.

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revyakin@yahoo.com - 02 Aug 2006 06:28 GMT

> I liked _Life and Breath_ by Neil Schachter, MD although I was
> sceptical about the nutrition program. The book is full of sound,
> simple, mostly inexpensive advice.

Thank you, Allison. Are you still skeptical about the nutrition part of
the book, after reading it? Other than the nutrition, I took all steps
to minimise exposure to allergens (moved to a carpet-free apartment,
enclosed bedding etc), and did not get any effect. So, nutrition is
what I am enthusiastic about, since I haven't touched that area yet.

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Alison Chaiken - 05 Aug 2006 05:19 GMT

I wrote:

>> I liked _Life and Breath_ by Neil Schachter, MD although I was
>> sceptical about the nutrition program.

> Are you still skeptical about the nutrition part of the book, after
> reading it?

Except in the case of known food allergies, the connection between
diet and asthma is murky. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, but don't
get your hopes up about a dietary solution.

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