If so, you could have food-pollen allergy syndrome, also known as
oral allergy syndrome.
Evidence suggests that in some people with seasonal allergies, their
immune system mistakes a plant protein in certain fruits and vegetables
for pollen, resulting in sometimes strange symptoms like:
- Itching in your mouth, lips and back of throat
- Tingling in your mouth
- An itchy tongue
- Throat and lips that feel swollen
"They're not identical proteins, but they're similar enough to
confuse the immune system to have these reactions," Dr. Robert
Wood, chief of pediatric allergy and immunology at Johns Hopkins
Children's Center, told CNN.
The Hidden Perpetrator of Sinus Infections - Found in 96% of Mayo
Study Participants by Dr. Mercola
Recent
research indicates some cases of nasal congestion may be alleviated by
cooling and decreasing the humidity in the air you breathe
The
ideal level of relative humidity for sinus health, and to prevent
growth of mold and fungi in your home, is between 35-45 percent
The
vast majority of chronic sinusitis cases may be due to exposure to
mold or fungi rather than bacteria, which antibiotics cannot treat.
Antibiotics are only recommended for short-term use if your sinusitis
is in fact caused by a bacterial infection. Using antibiotics
for sinusitis caused by viral, mold or fungal infection may have
serious long-term health ramifications
According
to a Mayo Clinic study, as much as 96 percent of people
suffering from chronic sinusitis are "fungal sensitized,"
meaning they have immune responses triggered by inhaled fungal
organisms
All-natural
treatment options for acute sinusitis includes: drinking hot liquids,
applying warm compresses, sinus irrigation, aromatherapy steam bath,
certain foods such as horseradish and wasabi, eliminating dust, and
elevating your head when sleeping.
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Using Nutritional Supplements to address health challenges, how
does it work?
Most people grow up using drugs as the therapy to turn to when they
are sick? But why is nutrition a much better method?
First the definition of Nutrition:
Nu-tri-tion n. (taken from dictionary.com)
1. The process of nourishing or being nourished, especially the
process by which a living organism assimilates food and uses it for
growth and for replacement of tissues.
2. The science or study that deals with food and nourishment,
especially in humans.
3. A source of nourishment; food.
Now if you think about what you learned in school, you know that
the body is designed to discard old damaged cells.
and make new cells.
What does the body need to do that? the correct nutrition.
It needs not only protein, carbohydrates and fats, but it needs all
the enzymes, vitamins, minerals and co-factors normally found in food.
It needs it to build healthy cells. It needs natural vitamins to
give the body what it needs to produce energy and to function
(digestion, movement, etc. etc.)
Proteins are the building blocks. You need other nutrients to
make the body work.... but you also need nutrients so the body
can replicate its old cells and build health new ones.
This is especially important when the body needs to replace injured
or damaged cells. If it isn't getting the right tools -
the right nutrients, it can't do that and will reproduce cells that
won't do the job.
"The assumption
that human technology could improve on the wisdom of nature has become
a primary cause of disease in the modern world. We dissect food,
take out the most glaringly obvious parts, attempt to recreate them in
a laboratory, and label them as 'active ingredients'. In fact it
is the symphony of nutrients working synergistically that provides the
quantum healing power of whole foods."
September 2002 issue of
the American Journal of Natural Medicine feature article by Patrick
Quillan, PhD
The body given the correct
nutrients will make things right in the body. The body may
need a lot of a specific vitamins for a while, which is why we
have whole food supplements.
Why Supplements &
not Drug Therapy?
"One of the biggest
tragedies of human civilization is the precedence of chemical therapy
over nutrition. It's the substitution of artificial therapy over
natural, of poisons over food, in which we are feeding people poison
in trying to correct the reactions of starvation."
Dr. Royal Lee - January 12, 1951
Drugs are used to cover up
symptoms and alleviate suffering. But drugs work by
forcing the body to do something that it normally wouldn't do,
covering up deficiencies, and will have side effects.
Going to the cause of the
problem and giving the body what it needs to fix the problem is what
nutritional healing is all about.
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