Gut Health

The Surprising Link Between Gut Health & Asthma


Does Asthma Start in Your Gut?

Asthma attacks can feel terrifying – whether you’re struggling to take a breath or watching your child gasp for air. This frightening condition causes horrible symptoms:

  • Wheezing
  • Chest pain and tightness
  • Severe trouble breathing
  • Endless coughing
  • Extreme exhaustion
  • Panic and anxiety

Even medication can’t completely stop asthma attacks – that’s why everyone with asthma carries a rescue inhaler. But scientists are beginning to realize that there may be a way to reduce the frequency and severity of asthma attacks… and possibly even prevent them from ever happening.

It turns out that your microbiome – the trillions of good and bad bacteria in your body – has an enormous positive impact on asthma (check out the research here).  BUT... when your microbiome is out of balance (a state known as dysbiosis), asthma can be much harder to manage.

Read on to learn more...

What Happens in an Asthma Attack

Dozens of triggers can set off immune system and provoke asthma attacks. The most common triggers include:

  • Pollen
  • Cigarette smoke
  • Dust mites
  • Pet hair
  • Colds and other respiratory infections
  • Cold, dry air
  • Emotional or physical stress
  • Perfumes and other strong odors
  • Chemical fumes (from things like cleaning products)

Those irritants set off a wild overreaction in your immune system. Special cells from your immune system go haywire, travel to your lungs, and react in a way that is and far out of proportion to what’s really going on – Causing inflammation and mucus overproduction in your lungs, and tightening your airway.

That can lead to wheezing, coughing, and so much difficulty breathing that you may feel like you’re drowning. 

If you suffer from asthma, you never know when your immune system will go haywire and attack. But there is something you can do. With the right approach, you can train your immune system to support optimal respiratory health, and even flip the make your asthma.

The key lives in your gut…

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How Your Gut Microbiome Affects Your Lungs

What happens in your gut doesn’t stay there. The b