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EATTLE, June 1 (UPI) — Ingesting caffeine within an hour of exercise can reduce the symptoms of exercise-induced asthma, U.S. researchers said.

Co-investigator Timothy Mickleborough of Indiana University in Bloomington and colleagues said the caffeine study involved 10 subjects with exercise-induced asthma in a randomized, double-blind, double-dummy, crossover study.

The subjects ingested 3, 6 or 9 milligrams of caffeine per kilogram of body weight or a placebo an hour before running on a treadmill. Pulmonary function tests were conducted 15 minutes before a eucapnic voluntary hyperpnea challenge — a surrogate for an exercise challenge — and then again one, five, 10, 15 and 30 minutes afterward.

The researchers found 9 milligrams of caffeine per kilogram of body weight was as effective as the use of an albuterol inhaler to treat or prevent exercise-induced asthma. The smaller amounts of caffeine of caffeine per kilogram of body weight also reduced the wheezing, coughing and other symptoms of exercise-induced asthma.

For someone weighing 150 pounds, 3 to 9 milligrams of caffeine per kilogram of body weight equals around 205 to 610 milligrams of caffeine, Mickleborough said.

The findings were presented at the American College of Sports Medicine conference in Seattle.
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The most frequent display of children food intolerance is exudative diathesis or atopic dermatitis. More often it happens after the adding supplement feeding, but it can also be found at children on breastfeeding. It is caused by immaturity of the digestion system, fermental insufficiency, a dysbacteriosis of intestines.

The exudative diathesis predilection is often found among those children, whose parents suffer from any kind of allergic disease. It is necessary to remember, that exudative diathesis is the disease of the whole organism and it needs a complex treatment.

First of all it is a strictly individual diet created on the basis of you child blood test. The test shows what products your child’s organism is intolerant to (food allergens of both, fast and store character).

The exception of these products during 3—4 months from the nutrition allows not only to cure skin problems, but also to normalize your child’s stool, to stop stomachaches.

Following this diet the child usually puts on weight better, his or her mood and behavior improves.

Those children with exudative diathesis who make a repeated test in 5—6 months usually get a longer list of permitted products.

I’d like to notice that even those children who attend nursery schools and schools can still follow our recommendations. You can always find an good alternative to a traditional breakfast among 100—120 products tested in our Clinic.

Children suffering from early displays of food allergy or exudative diathesis have stomachaches and headaches in future, they are prone to frequent cold-related diseases followed by otitis and bronchitis.

Excess weight among children of preschool and school age is also a indication of some kind of food intolerance.