The foods that you put into your body, will determine how healthy and how strong your immune system is. Different foods will give your body certain health benefits and if these foods are healthy, they will supply your body with vitamins, minerals and nutrients that will strengthen your body, so that the body functions effectively and optimally.

In the case where a person is suffering from a medical condition, a healthy diet will make an even bigger difference in how that person can manage their disease. In the case of asthmatics, nutrition plays a vital role. Foods that have little nutritional value, will do nothing for the body, except makes it less able to cope with the asthma. This will result in more frequent and severe asthma attacks.

There are foods that will even worsen the asthma, foods that promote the constriction of the passage ways to the lungs, which can trigger an attack or make an attack severe, such as foods that are high in sodium and salt.

Let us take an obese asthma sufferer for example. An obese person already has health complications, in addition to their being obese. They may expose their bodies to other medical conditions that come with obesity such high cholesterol and high blood pressure, not to mention the high fats that are already in their body.

In essence, this person, in addition to them being asthmatic, they have added potentially 3 more medical diseases to their health, all of which will make their body more susceptible to more medical conditions. This in turn will worsen their asthma even more, and will make it difficult to manage the asthma.

The best diet for an asthmatic is one which consists of fruits and vegetables, low fat dairies, seafood such as salmon and tuna, as well as lean meats. This is to ensure that they only consume foods that have good fats, thereby eliminating trans fats.

A great diet will not improve the health of an asthmatic, but it will help one lose the extra pounds that are worsening the asthma.