Effectiveness of short courses of fasting in pre-asthma and asthma patients
Tovt-Korshyns'ka, M.I.; Spivak, M.Ia.; Chopeĭ, I.V.
Likars'ka Sprava 2002(3-4): 79-81
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 1019-5297 PMID: 12145900 Document Number: 547433
In patients with preasthma and bronchial asthma, short-term courses of fasting dietotherapy (FDT) with a 7-day fasting period proved to be effective, as evidenced by clinical-and-functional and laboratory investigations. The incidence rate of viral infections was much lower with short-term courses compared to long-term courses. Too low an effect, if any, with FDT short-term courses can be explained by excess of the patient's body weight. Short-term FDT courses with a 3-day fasting period have been found out to result in a significant decrease in the level of anxiety, as measured by Spilberger Anxiety Inventory.