1. Adequate supply of protein and iron.
Eat lean meat, animal liver, tofu, soybean milk, etc. These foods are not only rich in high-quality protein and iron, but also have no disadvantages of increasing phlegm and getting angry, which is conducive to strengthening patients' physique, improving disease resistance and promoting the repair of damaged tissues. High-protein foods can also increase calories and improve disease resistance. But people with poor digestive function should eat less and eat more meals.
2. Eat more foods containing vitamin A, vitamin C and calcium.
Vitamin A has the functions of moistening lung and protecting trachea, and foods containing vitamin C have the functions of anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and anti-cold. Foods containing calcium can enhance the anti-allergic ability of trachea. It should be noted that dairy products will thicken sputum and make it difficult to discharge, thus aggravating infection, so the intake of milk and its products should be restricted.
3. Increase fluid intake.
Drinking more water is beneficial to dilute sputum and keep trachea unobstructed; Drink at least 2000 ml of water (including water in food) every day.
4. Eating edible fungi regularly can regulate immune function. For example, mushrooms and mushrooms contain lentinan and mushroom polysaccharide, which can enhance the body's resistance and reduce the attack of bronchial asthma.
5. The diet should be light, less irritating, not too full, too salty, too sweet, avoid cold, wine, spicy and other irritating foods.
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People with allergies should eat less foreign protein food. Once it is found that a certain food can really induce the attack of bronchial asthma in patients, it is necessary to avoid eating it and eat more vegetable soy protein, such as beans and bean products.
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It is also important to prevent respiratory tract infection and regulate immune function, and pay attention to keeping warm in season.
Suitable food
1. Selection of staple food and beans:
The calorie requirement is similar to that of normal people, and there is no special requirement. For the main foods that provide calories (rice, noodles or other miscellaneous grains), patients can eat according to their usual diet and eat more bean products such as tofu.
2. Choice of meat, eggs and milk:
Because of repeated asthma and long illness, the patient's resistance drops, so we should give enough protein diet to meet the needs of the body. Generally, lean pork, beef, carp and animal offal are better in protein.
3. Choice of vegetables and fruits:
Eat more fresh vegetables and fruits. Vegetables, such as radish, towel gourd, wax gourd, kidney bean, etc., can not only supplement various vitamins and inorganic salts, but also have the functions of expelling wind, reducing qi and resolving phlegm, which is conducive to preventing asthma attacks. In order to prevent vegetables and food from getting cold, you can add a proper amount of ginger when cooking. In addition, pay attention to eating carrots, leeks, pumpkins, tomatoes and green peppers rich in vitamin A and vitamin C.
4. Fruit selection:
Eat appropriate amount of pears, oranges, loquat, walnuts, bananas, sesame seeds, honey, etc. , help defecate unobstructed, reduce abdominal pressure and prevent asthma attacks. In addition, asthma attacks are often accompanied by symptoms such as excessive phlegm, asthma and cough. You can often eat water chestnuts, sugar cane, persimmons, watermelons, red dates, plums and so on, which have the functions of clearing away heat, resolving phlegm and relieving cough.
5. Others: Fruits rich in calcium include hawthorn and citrus, and the content of vitamin C is also high.
Dried fruits, such as almonds, melon seeds, walnuts and hazelnuts, are also rich in calcium.
Dietary taboo
Asthma patients should avoid eating according to their own characteristics.
Old people should eat less phlegm-producing foods, such as eggs, fat, peanuts and greasy and indigestible foods. In addition to avoiding foods that will definitely cause allergies or asthma, other foods should also be avoided so as not to lose their proper nutritional balance.
During the asthma attack, don't forget to add more water and input light liquid to prevent dehydration and phlegm coughing up, which will aggravate breathing difficulties. If TCM has made it clear dialectically whether asthma attacks are cold or hot, then don't eat food with the opposite taste. If it is hot asthma, you can't eat hot food, such as mutton, goose, leek, ginger, pepper and other spicy things. When asthma attacks, you should also eat less flatulence or indigestible foods, such as beans, taro and sweet potatoes. , to avoid abdominal distension and oppression of the chest, aggravating dyspnea.
Avoid food
Wine, yellow croaker, dried rice, shrimp, crab, pepper, soda, soybean, sweet potato, potato, salmon, fat, potherb mustard, pumpkin, rice, etc.
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