SYDNEY: REUTERS - A fish a day could keep asthma away, according to Australian researchers investigating on of the country's most common respiratory diseases.
Fish oil, already thought of a natural antidote for diseases likes diabetes and rheumatoid arthristis, has now been identified as apossible way to prevent asthma, one of the researcher told Reuters recently.
"At risk children who are allergic and have allergic parents- have less chance of getting asthma if they eat oily fish," said Professor Ann Woolcock.
The study, carried out by Woolcock and five other acadamics, looked at 808 school children aged between 8 and 11 and found that asthma sufferers ate less fresh, oily fish than those without asthma. The study speculates that fish oil's anti-inflammatory properties may explain the result, but Woolcock said more research was needed.
"It make sense," said Woolcock, adding that the move away from fresh food in Western diets over the last 10 years has coincided with the increase in asthma.