Nutritional Interventions to Improve Asthma-Related Outcomes through Immunomodulation: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, characterized by T-helper (Th) 2 inflammation. Current lifestyle recommendations for asthma patients are to consume a diet high in fruits and vegetables and to maintain a healthy weight. This raises the question of whether other nutritional interventions may also improve asthma-related outcomes and whether these changes occur via immunomodulation. Therefore, we systematically reviewed studies that reported both asthma-related outcomes as well as immunological parameters and searched for relations between these two domains. A systematic search identified 808 studies, of which 28 studies met the inclusion criteria. These studies were divided over six nutritional clusters: herbs, herbal mixtures and extracts (N = 6); supplements (N = 4)

SUBMITTER: van Brakel L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7765612 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature