By the time I was out of the hospital and well. Like all creatures of habit. I forgot about being a vegetarian for quite a while. However I knew that I had to get serious about my diet and lifestyle changes. I never want to be admitted to hospital for asthma again.
I increased fruit and vegetables in my diet in abundance. Avoiding the over cooking. Steam and stir fry veggies with plenty salad. Variety, abundance, juicing, smoothies and sprouting. For each meal 75% was raw, live, vegetarian with some cooked.
Four weeks into eating 75% raw vegetarian meals, eating flesh foods on rare occasions and eventually I found that I stopped having asthma attacks. Wow! I’m cured. Well, that’s what I thought.
Research shows eating a large amount of antioxidants flavonoids, and vitamins allows for lower rates of asthma. Antioxidants are a major factor in reducing asthma rates as they neutralize free radicals and protect cells from damage. Studies also show that children and teenagers that eat a lot of fruits and omega-3 fatty acids, beta-carotene, show a tendency to have strong lungs and few asthma-like symptoms.
Furthermore people who eat a low amount of nutrients like vitamin C and E and omega-3s are known to have poor lung function. The vegetarian,vegan diet shows promise for the prevention and management of asthma, as the diet is high in antioxidant and vitamins.
I could not believe the results I was having with my 75% raw vegetarian daily diet with the occasional few and far between, flesh foods. I stopped using all medication from my GP for asthma including the inhalers. However I was not prepared to take any risk, the relationship I had with my inhaler was too close. We were inseparable, we were never out of each others company for very long.
A friend of mine invited me swimming one day. Great, I had not been swimming in years due to my asthma. I though that would no longer be a problem.
As soon as I got into the water and attempted to swim, I discovered the challenge on my lungs and the difficulty breathing each time I did a few strokes.
Noooooooooooo!......No......I thought the asthma was gone. Every breast stroke told me other wise. So I decided to come back the next day by myself. I needed to be sure.
Weeks went by and I could not quite do the full lap, without stopping and gasping for air. My chest felt tight and I sensed that if I did not wait to recover from the exercise, before doing another stroke, I could have an attack. Some where far away, the potential for an asthma attack was still their although I did not actually have an attack. How annoying, I really thought the asthma was completely gone. It was their, but I only experienced it when ever I exercised.
I decided to take up swimming to strengthen my lungs, I didn't know how long it’s going to take but I was determined to beat this disease. I swam once, sometimes twice a week.
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