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Table of Contents for
Medical Studies on Asthma and the 
Scientific Basis of the
RAINS Study

Essential Fatty Acids (EFAs)  

Essential Fatty Acids

  • Prostaglandins
  • Enzymes in Prostaglandin Production 
  • Protective Effects of Essential Fatty Acids
  • Vitamin E and Essential Fatty Acids
  • Permeability of Cells and Essential Fatty Acids
  • Cell Fluidity, Permeability, Homeostasis and Asthma
  • Toxins and Cell Function

  Essential Fatty Acid (omega-6 to omega -3) Ratios and Asthma

Prostaglandin Production Table - Omega-3

Prostaglandin Production Table - Omega-6

Breast milk, infections, iron, GLA, EPA and asthma  

  • Breast Feeding and Prevention of Asthma
  • GLA's Role
  • GLA Compromised Twice in Lifetime
  • GLA Inhibitors
  • Iron, Bacterial Infections and Breast Milk
  • We Are Born with a Reserve of Iron
  • Why is Iron in Baby Formulas and Vitamin Supplements?
  • Respiratory Tract Infections and Asthma

Essential Nutrients and Essential Fatty Acids

Vitamin C and dose dependent protection of EFAs

IgE and Omega-3/Omega-6 balance in allergy

Vitamin C and asthma  

  • Vitamin C, Asthma and Dose-dependency
  • Vitamin C and Histamine Reduction
  • Vitamin C, Oxidation and Asthma
  • Lung Function and Vitamin C
  • Protection for Exercise Induced Asthma
  • Low Vitamin C and Manganese Increases Risk of Asthma by 500%
  • Vitamin C Protective for Lung Function
  • Vitamin C and Upper Respiratory Lung Infections
  • Vitamin C and B3 Deficiencies Found in Bronchial Asthma

Exercise-induced asthma, vitamin C and beta-carotene

Synergy of nutrients and asthma  

  • Synergy of Nutrients
  • Nutritional Synergy and Asthma  

Selenium, glutathione peroxidase and asthma

  • Selenium and Glutathione Peroxidase
  • Glutathione Levels Affected by Asthma Drugs
  • Vitamin C, Glutathione, NAC and B2

The Th1/Th2 Balance, Zinc, Glutathione, Prostaglandin Production and the Possible Relationship to the Establishment of Asthma

Free radicals and asthma 

  • Bronchial Asthma, Free Radicals & Antioxidant Activity
  • Brittle Asthma, Selenium, Magnesium and Vitamin C
  • Vitamin E, Vitamin C and Asthma Risk Reduction

Vitamin B12, sulfites and bronchospasm

Magnesium and asthma

  • Magnesium Deficiency
  • Magnesium and Balance
  • Magnesium Deficiency in Bronchial Asthma
  • Magnesium in the Treatment of Asthma
  • Bronchodilating Effect of Magnesium

Magnesium shown more effective than standard drug therapy in some studies.

Studies which show magnesium ineffective in asthma

Flavonoids, asthma, histamine, gastroesophageal reflux (GER), and gastric secretion  

  • Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER), Asthma and Infants 
  • GER Linked to Coughing
  • Leukotrienes and Lipo-oxygenase Inhibitors 
  • Benefits of Proanthocyanidins - Antihistamine, Antioxidant and Antiinflammatory
  • Proanthocyanidins and Potential Chronotherapeutic Use in Asthma
  • Curcumin (Tumeric) and Hesperidin as Anti-inflammatories
  • GER, Asthma and Flavonoids
  • GER and Nocturnal Asthma
  • Flavonoids and H2-Receptor Blocking Drugs
  • Enzymes, Flavonoids and Vitamin C Compared to NSAIDS

Asthma, drugs and supplements  

  • Asthma Drugs and Side Effects
  • Pyroxidine Deficiency and Depressed Immunity
  • Asthma, Vitamin B6 and Tryptophan Metabolism
  • Vitamin B6 Decreases Asthmatic Attacks (Deficiency of Magnesium or Riboflavin?)
  • Theophylline and Vitamin B6 Reduction
  • Theophylline and Depression of Vitamin B1 and B6
  • Asthma, Vitamin B6 and Quercitin
  • Theophylline, B6 and Vascular Disease 
  • Theophylline Seizures and Vitamin B6
  • Asthma Deaths and Tranquilizer Use

Women, fat, muscle, the immune system and asthma

  • Asthma and Obesity
  • A Connection Between Immunity and Obesity
  • Nutritional Deficiency and BMI  

Corticosteroids, osteoporosis, asthma, vitamin D, calcium and magnesium

  • Glucocorticoids and Osteoporosis
  • NIH Recommendations for Calcium

Dose-dependent use of bioflavonoids suggested?

  • Anti-histamine control of asthma

Corticosteroids and Loss of Bone Density

Vitamin E and Tocopherols

Vitamin D

Vitamin D, Vitamin E, Zinc and EFA's in Pregnancy and Childhood Asthma

Lycopene and antioxidants in asthma

Antioxidants, Essential Fatty Acids (Omega - 3) and Anti-inflammatory Micronutrients in Asthma

Antioxidants Vitamin C, Vitamin E, beta-carotene and Asthma

 

 

 

 

 

 

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