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Coffee for Asthma Attack?

farmeric May 20th, 2010

You’re out in the wilderness and suddenly realize that you left your inhaler at home. What do you do if you feel an attack coming on?

Count on caffeine in a pinch!

Head for the coffee pot. ” A couple of cups of strong coffee will have a beneficial effect on asthma,” say allergist Allan Becker, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Manitoba, who tested the effects of caffeine on asthma.

Asthmatics given pills that contained the amount of caffeine found in two cups of coffee “could breathe better and their asthma improved,” Dr. Becker found. Caffeine and the popular asthma drug Theophylline are almost identical - your body doesn’t know the difference.

He cautions, however, that caffeine is not a substitute for your medication. “We don’t recommend it as a treatment, but in an emergency, when you don’t have your medication around, two strong cups of coffee or hot cocoa or a couple of chocolate bars would be an effective substitute medication that would buy time until you can get to your medicine or inhaler.”

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Prevent Flu as Easy as 1,2,3

farmeric December 3rd, 2009

Cold nights are here again which leads to Colds as well!

And why?

As temperature drop, people begin to stay indoors and spend less time in the sun. It simply means the Vitamin D levels in our body begin to drop. With this, our body immune system goes down as well.

The Real Cause of Colds and Flu

Colds and flu are cause by viruses and not bacteria, so don’t take antibiotics when you have one because it won’t do you any good at all.

All if not most of the sickness are due to weak immune system. With less vitamins D during this season,  it will be easy for a lot of people to “catch colds and flu”.

More common factors that contribute in weakening to a weaked body immune syste are:

  • Not getting enough sleep
  • Less exercise
  • Vitamin D deficiency
  • Eating too much sweets and white grains
  • High level of Stress

The Top Way To Prevent Flu Continue Reading »

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