Wine and Asthma

I have asthma and wine does the same to me sometimes.

I was speaking to my doctor about this the other week. Apparently, although the symptoms are the same, it's not asthma if it's only triggered by allergies. These are aparently known as allergy restricted breathing. That's what he told me anyway. 😉

Sulphites are used in wine to steralize the bottles and equipment as well as to kill off any live yeast left in the wine before it is bottled. If yeast is left active in the wine there is a possibility that secondary fermentation may occur and the pressure of the gas inside the bottle may make it explode. It also kills off bacteria and prevents oxidation of the wine which would just ruin the wine altogether.

This site may be useful to you...

[DLMURL] http://www.theallergysite.co.uk/drink.html [/DLMURL]

Love and Reiki Hugs

I was speaking to my doctor about this the other week. Apparently, although the symptoms are the same, it's not asthma if it's only triggered by allergies. These are aparently known as allergy restricted breathing. That's what he told me anyway. 😉

Love and Reiki Hugs

I like your doctor, he seems so forward-thinking 🙂

I use EFT with Allergy Antidotes before drinking any wine, and restrict the drinking to one glass or a maximum of two. Women shouldn't be drinking more than 3 glasses anyway, so one less than the absolute maximum seems OK to me. If I don't do the procedure before drinking it, I wheeze. If I do the procedure, I don't. So I do it every time, and it's great!

Hi

Am new to this site so hoping my reply will make sense.

I was diagnosed with numerous allergies about 6 years, which were brought on by serious stress (unfortunately they didn't go when the stress did)

I actually go into <a class="go2wpf-bbcode" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="anaphylaxis">anaphylaxis when I drink alcohol especially wine and lager, as well as with some food allergies such as onions and apples.

I have been told by my doctor that it is the [url]salicylic acid[/url] in these food that cause my allergies, it was really frightening at first but I have just totally eradicated these from my diet it was hard at first but you get use to it.

I also had a food intolerance test done a few months ago all of the things that I cant have came up in the test as well at cows milk and wheat which I have totally cut out I have lost 1 stone 1 lb without any other real changes.

I can honestly say that by cutting these things out I have seen my health increase 10 fold I have also noticed that my reactions to other triggers that would sometimes happen, totally unexpectedly and to things I had never reacted to before, have gone down dramatically i would sometimes react to peoples perfume or room sprays etc this hasn't happened as much since my food intolerance tests.

I think its a matter of treating your whole body not just the symptons you have, as in my case the allergys were a reaction to the stress my body was under and by treating my body and the stress I have hardly had a bad reaction since (though I havent risked the glass of wine yet!!!!)

deb
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Hi all,
i have just come across this thread and can relate to the no wine issue! In fact no beer, spirits or hardly any alcohol apart from maybe gin boo! Reason being, like Holistichealth, i am intolerant to salicylates, found in a lot of foods, beauty products ect...infact i'd like to know how you have cut out most salicylates Holistichealth, it seems so overwhelming!
Anyway, i also have nasal polyps and asthma, and sinusitis they seem to go hand in hand.
So although i don't know of any wines free from the rubbish chemical stuff, i would maybe change to another drink, gin or vodka i think is ok.
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here's more info on wine allergies:

Some people are only allergic to one type of wine (red or white). Red wine is not made from red grapes and white wine from white grapes as is popularly supposed.

Red wines are made by fermenting the pips, skins and sometimes the stems (as well as the fruit). Tannin used in red wine to preserve it. High levels of tyramine in red wine.

Where a person is only sensitive to white wines it is possible that they are reacting to bentonite, used extensively for refining white wine, but rarely for red.

White and sweet wines also contain more sulphur dioxide than red ones.

Both red and white wine may contain histamine; the younger the wine the higher the histamine content is likely to be.

hope that's useful info for some forum mebers

Jane

Sensitivities/allergies can be reduced-or go altogether- by raising our level of health. One of the most effective ways to do this can be with a complementary treatment, such as homeopathy, acupuncture or similar. The healthier and more in balance we become, the less sensitive we are to stuff such as wine, wheat, dairy....... Hom

absolutely agree with this, but while a person is sorting stuff out it's good to have info about what's in what.

Kinesiology is also great for sorting out allergies either directly or as you say by helping people reduce the stress in their lives and live healthily.

Jane

I've done some research and it would seem it is very common in asthma sufferers that wine triggers their symptoms.
Apparently it is down to the suphites used as a preservative.

The obvious would be to treat your allergie.;)
Otherwise Sulphites is a chimical stuff , handy but not necessary.
Some wine producers spare the use of sulfites.

Wines without sulfites are naturals wines.
All naturals wine are organic...but not all organics wines are natural if I am not wrong.
Try these wine if the sulfites is really the stuff who trigger your problem you may be fine this way.
A good wine shop may be able to help you as you would not find these wine in supermarkets because there is only little production for them and they are a bit more expensive than the other one.

Cheers 😉

Wine or not?

here's more info on wine allergies:

Some people are only allergic to one type of wine (red or white). Red wine is not made from red grapes and white wine from white grapes as is popularly supposed.

Red wines are made by fermenting the pips, skins and sometimes the stems (as well as the fruit). Tannin used in red wine to preserve it. High levels of tyramine in red wine.

Where a person is only sensitive to white wines it is possible that they are reacting to bentonite, used extensively for refining white wine, but rarely for red.

White and sweet wines also contain more sulphur dioxide than red ones.

Both red and white wine may contain histamine; the younger the wine the higher the histamine content is likely to be.

hope that's useful info for some forum members

Jane

hello everyone,
Thanks for this information and yes, organic wines are good---and look for low tanins. In order to build up your resistance to allergens, try bee pollen as a supplement.
I think it works for many outdoor allergens, and bee pollen contains many beneficial nutrients as well.