title: [Effectiveness of short courses of fasting in pre-asthma and asthma patients].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Tovt-Korshyns'ka
authors.forename: M Ia
authors.initials: MIa
authors.lastname: Spivak
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Chopeĭ
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male