Bitter food treats asthma

Leaves in the mouth behind a bitter taste foods can prevent asthma attacks. That is the conclusion reached by researchers from the University of Massachusetts in the United States.

Perhaps Thai kale and bitter melon is not too tasty, but our reaction to the bitterness could help scientists create new drugs to prevent asthma attacks. American researchers have found that eating bitter-tasting food stimulates the taste buds in the cells of the respiratory tract, which stabilizes the permeability of air, relaxing the muscles.

Some bitter foods even have the ability to expand cells of the airways that is called bronchodilation in medicine (as opposed to a narrowing - bronchoconstriction). The study's authors believe that their findings could be used as the basis for the creation of new medicines for asthma That will have a fast and prolonged exposure with a minimum of side effects.

Taste buds, which in the course of evolution have learned to respond to the bitterness helps our body to obtain information on potentially hazardous foods, such as tainted or poisoned. Previously, scientists believed that these receptors exist only in certain cells on the tongue. However, in recent years, they have found in many other cells throughout the body.

Bitter taste receptors on airway smooth muscle cells relax when exposed to bitter substances. A cause of asthma attacks is just an excessive reduction of smooth surface, which causes a reduction in airway and as a result, trouble breathing. In this way, medicine for asthma Which provides relaxation of these cells, it would be very useful and efficient. (READ MORE)

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