Do animal products make allergies and asthma worse?
I have had horrible asthma my whole life to the point where I would end up in the hospital one to two times every year with pneumonia because of allergies and colds that became worse. In 1987 , I became a vegetarian and since then I have primarily been a vegetarian with a couple of years being a vegan. However, every now and then I would eat some kind of animal products because unfortunately, I still love the flavor.
Over these last 22 years basically using myself as a human guinea pig, the one thing that is incredible and undeniable even though I have been trying to, is that whenever I eat some animal products whether it be eggs, dairy, or any meat, my allergies gets worse and I start to get sick.
The book The China Study talk about how much animal products can cause other illnesses such as cancer and heart disease, I do not think asthma or allergies have been studied with their correlation to foods – with the exception of dairy products. And based on what I read in the China Study, I bet there is a good chance that the studies were suppressed so nobody would find out.
So what I am asking all of you out there is have you is have you noticed any correlation between eating animal products and the severity of asthma or allergies? And if not, I would urge you to try being a vegan for a couple of weeks to see if symptoms improve. Let me know if you do – I would love to know if we are onto something.
Thanks!
