2004

J Hum Nutr Diet. 2004 Aug;17(4):317-35..
What are the long-term benefits of weight reducing diets in adults? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
Avenell A, Brown TJ, McGee MA, Campbell MK, Grant AM, Broom J, Jung RT, Smith WC.
Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, UK. a.avenell@abdn.ac.uk

In patients with preasthma and bronchial asthma, short-term courses of fasting dietotherapy (FDT) with a 7-day fasting period proved to be effective, as evidenced by clinical-and-functional and laboratory investigations. The incidence rate of viral infections was much lower with short-term courses compared to long-term courses. Too low an effect, if any, with FDT short-term courses can be explained by excess of the patient's body weight. Short-term FDT courses with a 3-day fasting period have been found out to result in a significant decrease in the level of anxiety, as measured by Spilberger Anxiety Inventory.

2002

Lik Sprava 2002 Apr-Jun;(3-4):79-81.
Effectiveness of short courses of fasting in pre-asthma and asthma patients [Article in Ukrainian]
Tovt-Korshyns'ka MI, Spivak MIa, Chopei IV.

In patients with preasthma and bronchial asthma, short-term courses of fasting dietotherapy (FDT) with a 7-day fasting period proved to be effective, as evidenced by clinical-and-functional and laboratory investigations. The incidence rate of viral infections was much lower with short-term courses compared to long-term courses. Too low an effect, if any, with FDT short-term courses can be explained by excess of the patient's body weight. Short-term FDT courses with a 3-day fasting period have been found out to result in a significant decrease in the level of anxiety, as measured by Spilberger Anxiety Inventory.

1991

Klin Med (Mosk) 1991 Apr;69(4):54-6.
Enterosorption and therapeutic fasting in the treatment of patients with bronchial asthma (Enterosorbtsiia i lechebnoe golodanie v terapii bol'nykh bronkhial'noi astmoi).
Dzhugostran VIa; Niamtsu ET; Zlepka VD; Marchenko IuG.

To rise the effectiveness of the treatment and reduce its duration as well as to out acidosis, 18 patients with bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive bronchitis were treated by fasting diet and enterosorption. The scheme of the diet was conventional, with intake of SKNP-2 enterosorbent in daily dose 30-60 ml throughout the fasting. The combination of the two treatment methods appeared effective, fasting-related acidosis was not recorded.