Study Finds Low Levels of Zinc, Selenium & Vitamin D3 in Childhood Asthma

A chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways affecting both children and adults, asthma had an estimated 262 million sufferers worldwide in 2019. While conventional medicine has no cure for the condition, many patients have seen significant improvements through using science-based nutritional and Cellular Medicine approaches. Providing further support for this promising therapeutic direction, a new study has found low serum levels of zinc, selenium, and vitamin D3 in asthmatic children and confirmed that these insufficiencies are associated with airway inflammation and poor asthma control.

Published in the Cureus journal by researchers from India, the study involved 100 asthmatic children and 75 healthy ones. The average age of the children was around 9 years old. Among those suffering from the disorder, a total of 39 children were considered to have uncontrolled asthma, 53 had the condition partly under control, while just 8 had it well-controlled.

Lower levels of several micronutrients

The researchers examined serum levels of zinc, magnesium, selenium, copper, iron, and vitamin D3 in the children. Levels of Immunoglobulin E, an antibody, were also measured, and a high-sensitivity C-reactive protein test was performed. High levels of Immunoglobulin E in asthmatics can indicate the body is overreacting to an allergen, while levels of C-reactive protein corelate positively with the severity of the condition and are thus used as a tool for assessing an asthma patient’s status.

The study revealed that levels of zinc and selenium were significantly low in asthmatic children. While copper levels were in the normal range for all children, they were lower in the asthmatic group. Serum iron levels in asthmatic children were also on the lower side of the normal range.

While the asthmatic children had normal serum magnesium levels, the researchers say this may not necessarily reflect any cellular deficiencies. They therefore propose that measuring magnesium concentrations within the body’s cells may be a more accurate approach.

Insufficiency of vitamin D was found in all the study participants, including those not suffering from asthma. However, levels of this important micronutrient were significantly lower in asthmatic children.

As would be expected, serum Immunoglobulin E levels were higher in the asthmatics than they were in the healthy children. Interestingly, however, the study found that vitamin D insufficiency correlated to higher levels of both Immunoglobulin E and C-reactive protein. Significantly, therefore, the researchers note that vitamin D deficiency has previously been linked to increased severity of bronchial asthma in children.

Transforming the prevention and treatment of asthma

The study’s findings are clearly consistent with the key principles of Dr. Rath’s Cellular Medicine approach, which describe how micronutrient deficiencies are the primary cause of today’s most common chronic diseases. For some asthma patients, preventing these deficiencies could literally be lifesaving. According to the World Health Organization, a total of 455,000 deaths worldwide were attributed to asthma in 2019.

The financial costs of the disorder are also considerable. In 2013, the economic burden of asthma in the United States alone was estimated to be $81.9 billion. Conventional medicine offers little hope that this cost will be reduced anytime soon. In contrast, nutritional and Cellular Medicine approaches have the potential to transform both the prevention and treatment of asthma. In the interests of patients and their families, it is time for these therapies to be made as freely and widely available as possible.

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Paul Anthony Taylor

Executive Director of the Dr. Rath Health Foundation and one of the coauthors of our explosive book, “The Nazi Roots of the ‘Brussels EU'”, Paul is also our expert on the Codex Alimentarius Commission and has had eye-witness experience, as an official observer delegate, at its meetings.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Paul's background was in the music industry, where he worked as a keyboard player and programmer with artists including Paul McCartney, Bryan Ferry, Bill Withers, the Verve, Texas, and Primal Scream.

He first became interested in natural health after falling ill with a chronic fatigue syndrome-related disorder in 1991 and subsequently making a full recovery through the use of natural health therapies. After meeting Dr. Rath and Dr. Niedzwiecki at an anti-Codex rally in Berlin in 2002, Paul was inspired to make a life-changing decision to leave the music industry to work for the Foundation and help defend the right of patients worldwide to have free access to natural health approaches.

You can find Paul on Twitter at @paulanthtaylor

Der Executive Director der Dr. Rath Health Foundation ist einer der Koautoren des explosiven Buchs „Die Nazi-Wurzeln der Brüsseler EU“. Paul ist auch unser Experte zum Thema „Codex Alimentarius-Kommission“ und hat Augenzeugenerfahrung als offizieller beobachtender Teilnehmer bei diesen Treffen.

Bevor er seine Arbeit bei der Stiftung antrat war Paul in der Musikindustrie aktiv. Er arbeitete als Keyboard-Spieler und Programmierer mit Künstlern wie Paul McCartney, Bryan Ferry, Bill Withers, the Verve, Texas und Primal Scream.

Sein Interesse an natürlicher Gesundheit wuchs, als er 1991 an Störungen erkrankte, die aus einem chronischen Erschöpfungssyndrom resultierten. Durch natürliche Gesundheitstherapien wurde er schließlich vollständig geheilt. Ein Treffen 2002 mit Dr. Rath und Dr. Niedzwiecki bei einer Anti-Codex-Demonstration in Berlin inspirierte ihn zu einer lebensverändernden Entscheidung und er verließ die Musikindustrie um für die Stiftung zu arbeiten und das Recht der Patienten zu verteidigen, weltweit freien Zugang zu natürlichen Gesundheitsverfahren zu haben.

Auf Twitter ist Paul unter @paulanthtaylor zu finden.

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