23.Diet, Nutrition And Alternative Medication – Bronchitis

In addition to what your doctor recommends to improve your condition, you can also use a number of alternative medications and treatments to improve your condition and quality of life.

One thing to note about alternative medications is that it is not a method of healing your condition. There is no way of knowing if a particular treatment will work for you or not. Each person reacts differently.

In addition, you should insure that any treatment that you do use is not going to interact with the medications or treatments that your doctor prescribes.

Nutrition
What you eat and the health of your body is directly related to your condition. If you improve your nutrition intake, you improve your body’s ability to manage the stresses that it is under.

Your doctor is likely to screen your health for nutritional lacking aspects. For example, those that have a body weight assessment that is poor will need to consider weight loss. A body mass index that is between 22 and 27 is considered acceptable. In addition, your doctor will screen for cholesterol to determine if it is at the right level as well.

For those that need to consider additional help, here are a number of nutritional benefits you can incorporate into your daily life.

 Meet with a registered dietician to work out a meal plan that encourages health and well being, and weight loss if necessary. Your family doctor can help you to find this person.

 Eat more meals but make them much smaller. Implementing a diet that is basically fruits and vegetables with small portions of meat product is necessary.

 Increase the amount of fat that is taken into the body. Fat helps to decrease your levels of carbon dioxide production, which the lungs often have a difficult time pumping out of your body.

 Increase the number of foods that are eaten that have high numbers of vitamins and minerals in them. Foods with little to not nutritional value should be removed from the diet.

 Increase the amount of fluid that is taken in, especially water. Additional water helps to keep the body and cells hydrated as well as it keeps your mucus production thin and easy to manage.

 Do not consume additional calories that have no nutritional value. Increasing your weight can be detrimental to your health.

Your overall health and well being needs to improve, in order to give your body the necessary nutrients and fluids to maintain a healthy lifestyle. While you don’t have to give up the foods that you enjoy, moderation of foods that are not healthy for you is the best way to gain healthy benefits.

Most importantly, add vegetables and fruits into your diet that are rich in nutrients. These give your body the tools to improve your health.