Most recently updated July 7th, 2023
The best food for asthma – or any kind of diet – is healthy food that you want to eat and keep eating for a lifetime!
Even when you know what foods to avoid, it’s hard to always stick with it, especially at family events and Holiday gatherings.
I’ve been looking for the best food for asthma and perfecting my own anti asthma diet for a long time – and my own strategies for being social and still sticking to foods that are good for me.
My earliest memory is being inside an oxygen tent when I was a toddler. (I’m in my 50’s now.)
That’s a lot of years’ living with the disease and learning what kind of diet and exercise helps.
Through research and trial and error, I’ve created a diet that helps me breathe easier.
Over time, thanks in part to my diet, I’ve gone from being a medicated Bubble Girl who couldn’t take a deep breath to a 50- something year old woman who does alpine hiking and leads weekly 6-12 mile hikes.
If you’re looking for additional (non-medical) ways to minimize or even eliminate asthma symptoms, this diet could help you, too.
The photos in this post highlight some amazing places I’ve been able to hike in spite of severe chronic asthma. Diet and exercise does make a difference 🙂 Continue reading Eat to Breathe Easier – What is the Best Food for Asthma?