Food to Avoid for Pediatric Asthma

Pediatric asthma is a serious and stressful ordeal for both children and parents. Fortunately, information is now available to help parents offset their children's symptoms, by identifying certain foods that have been known to trigger asthma attacks.

Allergenic Breast Milk

• According to remcomp.fr, foods such as peanuts, cow's milk and soy consumed by women, can become allergenic threats to asthmatic infants, by appearing in the women's breast milk.

Foods With Preservatives

• Soy sauce, salad dressings, soft drinks, jellies and jams are all food culprits that contain sodium benzoate, a preservative that often triggers asthma attacks in children.

Foods With Flavor Enhancers

• Foods, such as cheese, canned soups and other canned products often contain monosodium glutamate (MSG) and can trigger asthmatic attacks in children.

Fast Food

• According to the Women and Children's Health Research Institute, epidemiologist Anita Kozyrskyj has concluded that the consumption of fast food was twice as likely to trigger asthma attacks in children between the ages of 8 and 10.

Foods With Additives

• Pickled foods, potatoes, beer, wine, shrimp and dried fruits and vegetables, can trigger asthma attacks, because they contain additives such as sodium metabisulfite, sodium sulfite and potassium bisulfite.