New Being Nutrition

Asthma And Vitamin C

What Is Vitamin C?

Vitamin C is the most well known and powerful anti-oxidant.

An antioxidant is a substance which helps to protect your body from harmful oxidation reactions caused by free radicals.

Apart from being a powerful anti-oxidant, vitamin C also has many other health functions such as:

• It’s vital for collagen formation
• It increases the absorption of iron and calcium
• It promotes healing wounds
• It converts inactive forms of folic acid into active form
• It protects the body from infection
• It regulates many essential body processes
• It vital for the integrity of the blood vessel walls
• It synthesis of red blood cells and some hormones

Vitamin C is found in many fruits and vegetables such as:

• Citrus Fruits
• Green and red peppers
• Parsley
• Broccoli
• Brussels sprouts
• Tomatoes
• Cabbage
• Greens
• Potatoes
• Yams
• Cauliflower
• Strawberries
• Melons
• Guava
• Mangoes
• Papaya

Why Is Vitamin C Good For Your Asthma Child?

You may be asking yourself, why is vitamin C good for my asthma child?

Well… one beneficial health property of vitamin C, which makes it important as far as asthma is concerned, is that is has a powerful anti-inflammatory effect.

This anti-inflammatory effect can help your asthma child by reducing the development of the symptoms associated with asthma.

Studies have shown that, children with asthma whose diets are high in vitamin C rich fruit and vegetables, have less symptoms of wheezing.

How Much Vitamin C Should Your Asthma Child Take?

Generally speaking, you should not give children supplements, even when it is a safe supplement such as vitamin C.

If you want to supplement your asthma child’s diet with vitamin C to help with the symptoms of asthma, please consult your doctor first.

I personally would recommend increasing foods which are rich in vitamin C in your asthma child’s diet.

This is a natural way of getting vitamin C and will help with your asthma child’s symptoms.

So, To Sum Up…

• Vitamin C is a powerful anti-oxidant with anti-inflammatory properties that has been shown in studies to reduce the asthma symptom of wheezing
• It is best not to give your asthma child vitamin C supplements (unless advised to by your doctor) but to increase vitamin C rich foods within your asthma child’s diet