FISH FATTY ACIDS PREVENTING ASTHMA

Diets rich in some types of fish have been found to have anti-inflammatory value. Scientists studying asthma and allergic reactions have found that a molecule produced by the body from omega-3 fatty acids helps resolve and prevent respiratory distress in laboratory mice.

Resolvin E1 (RvE1) is a metabolic product of an omega-3 fatty acid found in cold-water fish such as salmon, mackerel and anchovies. It is made by the body in response to the onset of inflammation.

This study identified RvE1 as having a key role in both dampening the development of airway inflammation and promoting its resolution in mice, in part by dampening innate immune signals that trigger inflammation. Other studies have indicated that increased levels of omega-3 fatty acids are associated with lower asthma prevalence in people, but the mechanisms to support that observation are poorly understood.

The new study provides scientists an opportunity to focus on the role of RvE1 as a potential therapeutic candidate.

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Super Healthy Tip...

There are two major factors which need to be improved in asthmatics to reduce or perhaps cure their condition:

1. Inflammation of the lining of the airways: Asthma shows many attributes of an allergic and hence inflammatory disease and you can try to attack this component of the illness by either trying to identify and minimize the allergy triggers, or, by reducing the inflammatory reactions to the triggers. Most of the medical asthma medications are synthetic controllers of inflammatory chemical reactions in the body. The Omega-3 oils is a great example of a natural alterative or at least complement to the drug approach.
2. Contraction and spasm of the airways' muscles: There have been some small scale studies showing that chiropractic adjustments increase expiratory air flow, which tells us that the airway diameters can be increased. Many people know that the back muscle tension and spasms can be greatly reduced after a chiropractic adjustment, but it may come as a surprise to think that adjusting the spine could also reduce muscle spasm inside the lungs. This is not a huge stretch of the imagination though, since when you adjust the spine the nerves that travel inside the body could be relieved just as much as the nerves to the outer back muscles.