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Boswellia beneficial in short study in those with asthma.

Nigella Sativa, common spice cumin, found to improve asthma

complements C3a and C4a found in aspirin-induced asthma

Cesarean delivery and lack of breast feeding significantly alter gut flora.  This has potential significant metabolic consequences--diabetes, asthma, obesity...The urge to deliver at convenient times may lay the foundation for our metabolic crisis in the US.

DHEA beneficial at the biochemistry level in asthma.  DHEA inhibits the activation of transcription factor activator protein-1.

vitamin D deficiency in mother and season of birth  impacts allergy risk of baby

Mycotoxins deplete glutathione production and this depletion of glutathione is a portion go the toxicity/ill effects related to mycotoxins.  This article also points to evidence that glutathione can actually be employed in the treatment of mycotoxin related conditions/illnesses.

animal model finds that glutathione depletion increases hyperactivity of bronchioles.  Early exposure to glutathione ethyl ester, a precursor to glutathione, blunted the airway hyperactivity.

Amazing study that displays how the environment in the gut can effect the immune system in the lung.

"The effects of developmental programming can be induced by the intrauterine environment (cigarette smoke, nutrition, and stress) which not only affect the fetus (F1) but also the germ line of the fetus (F2), leading to so-called intergenerational epigenetic effects. When developmental programming is transmitted across generations beyond F3, it is considered to be transgenerational and can not be explained by direct environmental exposure anymore."