Influence of Mediterranean Diet on Asthma Symptoms, Lung Function, and Systemic Inflammation: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Abstract

The trial intervention has successfully altered the dietary behavior among adults with asthma. Small but consistent improvements were seen in quality of life and spirometry among the intervention group. The use of the MD to treat asthma is feasible and warrants evaluation in a larger study, powered to examine clinical endpoints.

Environment and asthma in adults

“…Dietary patterns 5 studies [118][119][120][121][122] Overall, association between dietary patterns with asthma and asthma control 4 studies [121,[123][124][125] Overall, no association between dietary patterns and adult-onset asthma 1 study [126] (n = 38, 12-wks of intervention) No association between inducing adherence to the Mediterranean diet, in adults with asthma, and asthma symptoms and asthma control 25(OH)D: serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D; NHANES study: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids.…”

Clustering eating habits: frequent consumption of different dietary patterns among the Italian general population in the association with obesity, physical activity, sociocultural characteristics and psychological factors

“…Over the last few years, multiple evidence on the apparent relationship between nutrition and chronic degenerative diseases have led investigators to search for the optimal dietary patterns to maintain a good health status [1]. Mediterranean diet (Med-diet), in particular, is largely recognized to be effective in positively impacting heart disease [2][3][4][5][6] and inflammatory disease [7,8]. The Mediterranean diet does not stand for a homogenous and exclusive model across the Mediterranean basin population but rather represents a set of healthy dietary habits, including high consumption of vegetables and fresh fruit associated with the use of olive oil as the main source of fat, epidemiological evidence suggests that several of these dietary patterns have been favorably associated with the prevention of obesity and type 2 diabetes.…”

Association between obesity and asthma – epidemiology, pathophysiology and clinical profile

“…The risk factors related to the Westernised lifestyle that led to an increase in cases of obesity and asthma could also have led to the increase in the number of obese asthmatics. There are a number of common factors observed to be promoting both conditions, such as sedentary lifestyle (71,72) , dietary changes (73)(74)(75)(76)(77) , vitamin D insufficiency due to lower exposure to sunlight (78)(79)(80)(81) and tobacco exposure (82)(83)(84) , amongst others. Westernised lifestyle increased exposure to risk factors common to these conditions and contributed to the increase in obese children's development of asthma symptoms, as well as their experiencing them more severely and finding less success in treatment (85)(86)(87)(88)(89)(90) .…”