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MOTHERS AGAINST ALLERGIES & ASTHMA

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This website presents in-depth information on the mechanics of allergy and asthma and their management, and is directed to the layman as well as the professional. We strive to present only credible and up-to-date information.

This site is also a reference point for support groups and those wishing to start a support group in their own area.

In considering any health care information, always consult with your health care professional before making any changes in current health care management.

"The doctor of the future will give no drugs but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease."

Thomas A. Edison

The action of all the B vitamins is synergistic. Deficiencies of the unsupplied vitamins may produce abnormalities which can do more harm than the vitamins obtained can do good.

Keep in mind that drugs of any kind tremendously increase nutritional requirements.

"Despite the need for improved nutrition, I can find one study of a mere 32 allergic children in which an attempt was made to give an adequate diet. These youngsters, who suffered from bronchial asthma and allergic eczema, were given generous amounts of protein, no refined carbohydrates, adequate essential fatty acids, and a daily supplement of 600 mg of vitamin C, 32 mg of vitamin E, 20,000 and 800 units respectively of vitamins A and D, and moderate amounts of the B vitamins. Most of these children recovered in a single month and all within two months." Adelle Davis, from Let's Get Well.

You may not want to do every single thing you read on this site, but to the extent that you do, you will be rewarded with that degree of health.

"It is a sad fact that allergies and nutrition--two major forces in human health--receive little attention in medical school and constitute an area of vast ignorance in contemporary medical practice." Robert S. Mendelsohn, M.D., Associate Professor in the School of Medicine of the University of Illinois.

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Support Groups & Resources

If you have a support group in your area for parents of asthmatic/allergic children, I would love to hear about it. If you would like to start a group in your area, let me know what I can do to help. You can contact me directly at carmen_cornils@yahoo.com.

I will soon be in the process of putting together a power-point presentation on CD that you could use to launch a support group and for continuing education for the group in understanding and managing the disease. Members of the group need to learn as much as they can about asthma/allergies and the various medical ways of controlling it with their doctors' help, but they also really need to learn about building health, in doing all the things we as mothers can do in the nutrition and supplementation of our children's diets to enable their bodies to actually overcome the disease. This can be a long and frustrating process, but it can be done---I've seen it done. And it can be done easier if people can share and learn from others and have their support.

Some good on-line resources:

noattacks.org This website is short, simple, and straight to the point, dealing mainly with recognizing asthma, triggers for asthma, and teaching children all about triggers. (Note: Naturally it is good to avoid triggers where possible until health is built and the environment no longer a threat. But what we're really looking for is to build the health so the body can live normally in the environment and not have asthma rather than taking the approach of avoiding the environment and keeping the asthma. As I come across websites that actually give useful information on nutrition that helps sufferers to overcome asthma through building health, I will post them here. In the meantime, if you find any, please let me know.)

crnusa.org An excellent website, "Council For Responsible Nutrition", talks about the science behind supplements, studies done on supplements, and refutes irresponsible media reporting on the dangers of certain supplements.

asthmaworld.org Be sure to look at their powerpoint presentation. Great site for seeing how supplements alleviate asthma, reading case histories, and actual studies. They also recruit volunteers for ongoing studies (volunteers buy their products), but this is a great site to let you know that supplementation does work.

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