Asthma and dehydration

Asthma and dehydration

Asthma is a histamine reaction due to dehydration. In my article Water An Antihistamine I explain how histamine regulates the body's water supply. When the body is starved of water, histamine controls where the water goes based on priority. Asthma was previously thought to be caused by stress, particularly in children. Studies have shown that an estimated 75 percent of the population has some degree of dehydration significant enough to affect their health. Along with dehydration, the majority of people's body condition is acidic due to our typical North American diet. Children love junk food, which is very dehydrating and acidic to the body, which explains why there are over 12 million asthmatics in North America. There are also many millions of adult sufferers.

Now we know that asthmatics have excessive levels of histamine in their lung tissue. If you breathe through your mouth long enough, your mouth will become dry. Water is an essential part of keeping the lungs moist and functioning properly. Every time you breathe out, you lose water. When enough water is lost through the lungs, histamine kicks in to narrow the bronchial passages and increase mucus production to preserve the water present. The mucus covers the tissue to prevent drying out. Once a diagnosis of asthma occurs, the person has been chronically dehydrated for some time. The narrowing of the bronchi occurs because there is not enough water to keep the cells hydrated and the nerves and blood vessels in the tissue are stressed and inflamed due to the histamine reaction.

When you are properly hydrated, moisture in the lungs is quickly replaced, eliminating the need for histamine to conserve and delegate water. Drinking enough water, especially alkaline, ionized water, relieves inflammation in lung tissue much sooner than drinking bottled water, tap water, or reverse osmosis water. Water that is magnetized does not have a high enough pH to effectively address the acidic body terrain endemic in the population. Water with microclusters is most effective in hydrating the body. People seem to learn that the “water is wetter,” which seems like a silly statement, but the surface tension is significantly different. The alkalinity helps reduce the acidic terrain and restore cellular balance.

Animal studies show that increasing water intake significantly reduces histamine levels. Studies show that within 2 to 3 weeks there is enough water to reduce mucus formation in the bronchi and lungs. Once this occurs, the spasms decrease and the bronchial passages begin to open. Normal breathing begins again as the body continues to be hydrated. In my clinic, I see the same results with clients whose asthmatic symptoms are no longer present after they are properly hydrated. A client decided his asthma was gone and stopped drinking alkaline ionized water. He started drinking tap water again. Within 3 weeks he started seeing symptoms again. He wisely started drinking alkaline, ionized water again and is now symptom-free.

Inspired by E. Jean Perrins