Asthma, atrial fibrillation, and attitude

David posted these important observations he made about his own health. I am a 48 year old male and have been healthy and fit for the majority of my life. I am an avid cyclist and have been so for twenty years now. I have the good fortune of excellent blood pressure and heart rate and my cholesterol and triglycerides are in the healthy range. Until recently, my only notable health challenge has been exercise-induced asthma. I have not been able to ride my bike without an inhaler since I was a kid. Anyone who uses a salbutamol inhaler will be aware that it is a nasty inhalant and can make you agitated and irritable. I have personally hated the thing and wished for years that I could ride without it, but that was never an option. Once or twice I forgot to use it and, within a few hundred meters, I could feel my bronchial passageways closing. I had accepted it as an inevitable reality of my life and condition. As you can imagine, after reading Wheat Belly, I was in a fervent passion to dump wheat products to see if it would affect my breathing. In my world, the loss of wheat would be a tiny price to pay if I could lose that cursed inhaler once and for all. I am thrilled to announce that for the past two weeks I have been riding without the aid of the salbutamol inhaler and have never been happier in my life. My entire cardiovascular function has changed in some subtle and not-so-subtle ways and I find myself powering up over tough hills and long inclines even better than I did ...
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