Title: Asthma and Your Diet: Foods That Help and Hurt
Headings: Asthma and Your Diet: Foods That Help and Hurt
Asthma and Your Diet: Foods That Help and Hurt
May Help: Fruits and Veggies
May Help: Vitamin D
May Help: Nuts and Seeds
May Hurt: Dried Fruit
May Hurt: Beans
May Hurt: Coffee
May Help: Mediterranean Diet
May Help: Fish
May Hurt: Food Allergies
May Hurt: Too Much Food
May Help: Tomatoes
May Help: Variety
May Hurt: Supplements
May Hurt: Liquid Nitrogen
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May Hurt: Dried Fruit
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There are some foods you may want to avoid if you have asthma, and dried fruits are among them. Though fresh fruit, especially oranges and apples, can help control your asthma, the sulfites that help preserve dried fruit could make the condition worse for some people. Alcohol (especially red wine), shrimp, pickled vegetables, maraschino cherries, and bottled lemon juice also often have sulfites. Swipe to advance
May Hurt: Beans
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It's all about the gas they give some people. It can bloat your belly and make it harder to breathe. It may even trigger an asthma attack. Beans are the most famous candidate. Soak them for a few hours and change the water a couple or so times to lessen this effect.