Asthma

Living Well: Health and Wellness Tips from Indiana University

Published in Biotech Business Week, April 23rd, 2007

A new study from Indiana University has found that large doses of vitamin C can stem the cycle of inflammation that contributes to exercise-induced asthma, a wheezing and tightness of the chest that can occur after rigorous exercise.

The study, involving asthma sufferers who have EIA, found that participants who had taken 1,500 mg of ascorbic acid for two weeks showed improved post-exercise lung function and a decreased concentration of biomarkers in their urine related to airway inflammation. This included the infamous leukotrienes, which play a key role in the inflammation that can lead to EIA.

The findings, appearing in the online issue of...

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