Monday, December 5, 2011

Home Cures For Dealing with Allergies

By Owen Jones


Are you one of the substantial number of people who suffer from an allergy? Or do you wonder if you may be? There is a higher percentage of people suffering from an allergy now than ever before and no one is really certain why, although there are suggestions.

Theories range from our immediate environments (our homes) being overly sanitized to our external environment being too polluted.

Other people point to the huge amount of additives in our food nowadays. Whatever you put your allergy down to, there is no doubting the fact that allergies are tedious.

Your GP will be able to pinpoint the cause of your discomfort and this is the best way of treating one allergy, but if your immune system is just over-reactive to lots of irritants, then you will need to find a method to blanket-suppress your allergies.

The doctor or the pharmacy can help there as well, but if you would prefer to check out some natural methods, read on.

Vitamin B5, or pantothenic acid, is said to offer relief to many sufferers of allergies. The easiest method of taking vitamin B5 is in capsule or pill form, but you can eat it in foods as well.

For meat-eaters, calf's liver is the best source of B5, but vegetarians may get lots of B5 as well from rice and wheat, sunflower seeds, mushrooms, cheese and avocado's. Salmon and caviar are good sources of B5 too.

Lime juice is said to alleviate allergies too. The best way to drink the juice is with water. Squeeze the juice of a lime into a tumbler of water and drink.

It is also a great way of keeping cool in the summer (when pollen is a problem) and obtaining your vitamin C.

Bananas are well known for treating several conditions: diarrhea and skin concerns, for example. however, bananas can also be the cause of a food allergy, so you may need to advance with caution if you do not know if you are allergic to bananas.

Eat one or two a day at breakfast is the best. A banana with cereal for breakfast will help stop you from snacking before luncheon, will supply plenty of vitamin B6, fibre, vitamin C, potassium and manganese.

Antihistamines are anti-allergens too and foods that contain antihistamines include onions, garlic and most fruits. Eating onions and garlic in a fresh salad will help protect you against allergies.

If you believe in immunization, you could try taking a teaspoonful of honey each day on your cornflakes or in your coffee, because honey contains pollen.

Quercetin is a flavonoid found in red wine which has anti-inflammatory and anti-histamine characteristics, which also makes it anti-allergenic. Green tea is said to have a equivalent effect but for different factors.

Other foods that seem to help reduce the allergies of some individuals are Omega-3, pineapple and ginger, whether cooked in food or boiled in water to make tea, in which state it is also used to alleviate flatulence.




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