@bschaper2 for me dairy, bakery goods(maby wheat or baking powder) and sugar seem to cause phlem. I wish they would do some research on this.

For all of you who have sensitivity with food like sugar, fried food, dairy product.... they are all mucus forming so if you want to keep eating the food maybe you could consider getting the NAET treatment.  I have done it and I thank god every day who guided

me through that avenue.  It was the best decision i have taken to get those treatment. The mucus is 90% reduced and my friend it help her the same. Think about it 

Chocolate...

Hello Barb, I do saline inhalation and yes I cough so bad. What I do I stop and sip a little bit of water. when I stop coughing continue sometimes it takes 30 min. I have dry bronchiectasis so I don't cough and saline is the only way I can get the mucus out of my lungs. Do you do Aerobika? I have a good news, my Dr. said my sputum culture are negative. I need send culture every 4 months to NJH. Hopefully it will make it better later. Blessing! Cila

Dear Barb!

Question 1 - I have and never will use saline puffer. I use Netti Potti but I think you know the answer.  Do you feel it is normal coughing as much as you describe.  You may have a negative response?  Do you feel it is helping you?  If it is no  you may

have the answer to your question. As my doctor says we are our best doctor.  We are the one who knows if it works or not.

Question 2 - that is a fact and you can find all kind of info on the Web 

Mucus and Your Diet. Certain beverages and foods can trigger excessive mucus

production in the body. Two main foods that cause excessive mucus build-up are dairyand wheat. Casein in dairy products (milk, yogurt, cheese, etc.), and gluten in wheatrequire strong stomach acids for digestion.Jun

30, 2015

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Foods That Cause Excessive Mucus In The Body (and 14 Foods ... i posted  this of this site.

or books like Nutritional healing by Dr Balch.

Remember that the MAC is a bacteria and bacteria thrives on sugar etc so we give a chance to the bacteria to colonize in our lungs as my infection Dr said to me so a good diet is important.

Seeing as how a large percentage of the North American diet is made up of dairy and wheat, many people carry bodies that are in a chronic state of fighting off a sort of “viral invasion” – the body

gets confused by the foreign products entering the mouth (like dairy and wheat products), and thus naturally protects itself by fighting these food particles, causing inflammation and triggering excess mucus.

To be a little more specific, here is a long list of foods that create mucus in the body:

– Dairy products (yogurt, milk, sour cream, cottage cheese, ice cream, butter, ghee)

– All corn products

– Eggs

– Sugary treats (cookies, cake, pies, pastries)

– Wheat (bread, pretzels, buns, bagels, muffins, etc.)

– Deep fried foods

– All soy products

– Safflower/sunflower oil

– Jams and jellies

– High-fat red meat

– Alcohol

– Caffeine

Read more at

https://livelovefruit.com/foods-that-cause-excessive-mucus/#szf33JV30JZX1fbw.99
Another factor for Mucus is aspiration as confirm on the video. 

Causes

Pneumonia is a common illness that affects millions of people each year in the United States. Germs called bacteria, viruses, and fungi may cause pneumonia. In adults, bacteria are the most common cause

of pneumonia.

Ways you can get pneumonia include:

Bacteria and viruses living in your nose, sinuses, or mouth may spread to your lungs.

You may breathe some of these germs directly into your lungs.

You breathe in (inhale) food, liquids, vomit, or fluids from the mouth into your lungs (aspiration

pneumonia) And more....

A good diet that doesn’t create inflammation and mucous  will certainly be preventive for pneumonia. 

Hope this will help Barb!

****. I CAN ALSO TELL YOU FOR A FACT THAT SINCE I AM THICKENING MY LIQUID I DO NOT HAVE MUCUS. WOW, WHAT A DISCOVERY!  I WOULD NEVER HAVE SUSPECTED ASPIRATION OF LIQUID.  I ALSO WAS TREATED FOR FOR SENSITIVITY NAET.

Nicole

Dear Cila,

I have a question for you?  Do you have problem breathing like when you climb stairs or when you walk fast or ...?

@bschaper2 Hello Barbara, and welcome back. Will answer your questions to the best of my ability. Question #1 I do the saline treatment twice a day. It rarely makes me cough, only recently did it bring on coughing, and that is because I am starting to get some infection again. By doing the treatment, it will clear things out and hopefully not go full blown infected. I am due to start back on my monthly antibiotic cycle so I am sure I will be nipping it in the bud. Hopefully, when you are coughing, stuff comes up. That would be a good thing because you want to clear that junk out. The longer you do the treatment, (as in months), the less irritating it should become. In other words, you get used to it. The other purpose for doing the treatment is because it thins the mucous in the lungs and bronchial tube so that it is less of a breeding ground for bacteria. Question #2 Some foods can cause mucous in some people. Common food intolerances include: milk, glutens (bread, pasta, wheat products), eggs, & food coloring, and sugar. I kept a food diary many years ago and found that my lungs went to crap every time I ate bread or anything with wheat gluten in it. Also, certain dyes in food and drink will cause my lungs to fill up with phlegm. Blue and yellow dye is the worst for me. I cannot drink Mountain Dew (yellow dye) or eat any of the colored M&M's candy, also sugar will gum up my lungs. I went totally gluten free about 10 years ago and only eat whole foods. That helped a great deal. I have several books by Dr. Andrew Weil that offers great insight to this. Please keep in touch and let us know how you are doing.

@cila, Hi Cila! Congrats on your negative sputem tests! I am so happy for you.

Thanks @nick52 I will have a look at the site, I know it all works for me. 🙂

Dear fFollowers,

I am  a little confuse when I read your results on Sputum test.  According to my lung Dr. These sputum tests are not that accurate. I ask for a test because of what you are all ,talking a lot about it and my result was negative. As you know result of my

lab test after a bronchoscopy was positive for a MAC 3 years ago. This summer the sputum was negative and in the fall I had a bronchoscopy.  As you know I am and never been on the antibiotic cocktail since the discovery in 2009 after a severe pneumonia. Tomorrow

i have my last appointment before we leave for Florida and I should get my result of the bronco lab test in sept.