from About.com Guide to COPD
Impact of Nutrition on Body Functioning in COPD
Friday February 6, 2009
While it is quite clear that good nutrition leads to better health, many of us wholeheartedly pay no heed to this fact as we joyfully pound down our Big Macs, triple Quarter-Pounders with cheese and 64 ounce Coca-Colas!
The truth is that a sound diet has many benefits, including weight reduction, higher energy levels, and a general improvement in overall well-being. But what about the affects of good nutrition on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? Can a healthy diet alone actually prevent or somehow alter the course of this and other chronic lung diseases?
A recent study found that indeed, different dietary factors, (dietary patterns, foods, nutrients) do appear to be associated with COPD and its inevitable course. However, the study also found that other factors such as energy imbalance, muscle atrophy (from disuse), hypoxemia, systemic inflammation (inflammation affecting the entire body) and a mechanical disadvantage, are also known to contribute to the compromise of total body function in patients with COPD. Is the key then, to improve nutritional status and reduce these known, comprimising factors?
The study supported this idea, as it concluded that that nutritional intervention makes it possible to change the course and perhaps even the prognosis of COPD, but it MUST be combined with other interventional factors, including pulmonary rehabilitation, combining the use of bronchodilators effectively, controlling infection and exercise.
With this study in mind, here are some links that many help to improve your nutritional status and get you started on a basic, exercise plan:
Nutritional Guidelines for People with COPD
By Deborah Trendel, RN,
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