Fruit prevent
cases of asthma in the
infants. A diet like the Mediterranean kind rich in vegetables and
fruits, including the dry ones, help prevent the asthma and others allergic symptoms in the infants. The conclusion was retreat of a study made by Greek English and Spanishes scientists, in the island of Crete. Around 700 infants and youths between seven and the 18 years were observed in the scope of this study. All of them live in a rural environment in which that are rare cases of asthma and
respiratory allergies. By the analysis of their diets, the specialists verified to be
frequent the consumption of vegetables, fruit, dry fruits and nuts, fish and cereals, being diminutive the resource the saturated fatnesses. Despite some people of the group studied include some cases of allergies of the skin, due to dust that is
present in the environment of the island of Crete, those did not travel for the respiratory device under the form of asthma or rinite allergic. The infants were frequent consumers of fruits as oranges, apples and black grapes. These, as well the magnesium contained in the nuts and almonds, have elements that are going to lower the inflammatory activity. The antioxidantes present in this kinds of food are going to perform a protective paper.
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