Monday, November 21, 2011

Home Cures For Allergies

By Owen Jones


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

Theories vary from our immediate environments (our homes) being overly clean to our external environment being overly polluted. Other people draw attention to the huge amount of additives in our food these days. Whatever you put your allergy down to, there is no question about the fact that allergies are tiresome.

Your physician will be able to identify the cause of your distress and this is the best way of treating one allergy, but if your immune system is just over- reactive to many irritants, then you will have to find a way to blanket-suppress your allergies. The physician or the pharmacy can help there too, but if you would rather try some natural ways, read on.

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

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

Lime juice is said to alleviate allergies too. The best manner to imbibe the juice is with water. Squeeze the juice of a lime into a tumbler of water and drink. It is also a good way of keeping cool in the summer (when pollen is a problem) and acquiring your vtamin C.

Bananas are well known for treating several issues: diarrhea and skin concerns, for example. however, bananas can also become the cause of a food allergy, so you might need to proceed with caution if you do not know whether 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 lunch, will provide plenty of vitamin B6, fibre, vitamin C, potassium and manganese.

Antihistamines are anti-allergens as well and foodstuffs that contain antihistamines include onions, garlic and most fruits. Eating onions and garlic in a fresh salad will help safeguard you against allergies. If you have faith in in immunization, you could try taking a teaspoonful of honey each day on your cereal or in your coffee, because honey contains pollen.

Quercetin is a flavonoid discovered in red wine which has anti-inflammatory and anti-histamine properties, which also makes it anti-allergenic. Green tea is said to have a similar effect but for different reasons.

Other foodstuffs that seem to help reduce the allergies of some people 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 relieve wind.




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