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5 Surprising Allergy Triggers
Allergy Trigger #5: The great outdoors
No one with seasonal allergies spends much time outside when allergy season is, well, in full bloom. After all, who wants to come nose-to-nose with the onslaught of allergens floating through the air? While myriad types of pollen are the obvious offenders, other irritants like pollution and diesel fumes can also trip you up. “Pollutants act as a chronic irritant to mucous membranes in the nasal passages, and the body has to work hard to eliminate them,” says Steelsmith.
To deal with these outdoor irritants, reach for your nasal rinse. And while you can’t really stay indoors all the time, you can get a little savvier about when to venture out. Most plants pollinate in the morning, which is why pollen counts are higher during the first part of the day. So save outdoor activities like gardening, running errands, or exercising for later in the afternoon. Another ideal time to get outdoors is right after a storm. Rain, after all, washes the air and can drop high pollen counts to almost zero.
But you can’t expect it to rain every day, not even in Portland or Seattle, so the only sure way to get your seasonal allergies under control is to tend to your immune system. Strengthen it with good nutrition and plenty of sleep, but most of all give it a rest. If it’s not always in a frenzy, there’s a good chance it won’t care about a nose full of pollen or mold spores.
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Interesting article, thank you!
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I would recommend Nutriferon over Airborne, because it is all natural and the only immunity supplement made by the discoverer of interferon.
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I love this article! I dramatically decreased my allergy symptoms using food and lifestyle changes and that's one of my favorite things to help my clients with. Teeth Whitening If you go to an allergist and they recomment getting rid of your dogs or cats, get rid of the doctor before you throw off your beloved pets (stress is terrible on the immune system) and opt for allergy testing.
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In response to this article, I would like to share some information about a new, drug free treatment for allergies called the DNA Allergy Relief Treatment.
If you look closely you’ll see that many of the ills, ailments and disease that make us old before our time are related to allergic reactions. Allergies can be eliminated. Anyone practicing energy-based allergy elimination techniques knows this.
An Allergy is a reaction to what your immune system considers a foreign substance even if it is not one. The substances that trigger an allergy are called allergens or antigens rather interchangeable. Allergens create low vibration interference patterns in your DNA which trigger immunoglobulin (Ig) to produce antibodies. The main immunoglobulins are the IgE inducing antigens (allergen) and the Ig G inducing antigens.
In some of us a normally harmless substance such as the ragweed pollen acts as an allergen-antigen. These allergens attach to allergenic sites on the pollen causing us to produce Ig E antibodies and eosinophils. This IS an ALLERGIC RESPONSE!
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Just the air we breathe anymore is full of strange things that can give us all kinds of allergies & germs. I like to use AIRBORNE to boost my immune system....I'd recommend it!
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Shaklee products have been keeping me healthy and allergy-free for over 41 years! If you are still in doubt, try any of them because they are all 100% guaranteed! The company is 53 years old. In all these years, they have refunded only one-third of one percent of their products! I call that a reliable track record!
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I became a vegetarian for moral reasons and hoped to have more energy, lose weight and live longer. I didn't have more energy or lose weight. The big surprise was that my allergies improved about 95%. I was allergic to almost everything! I was allergic to sunshine! I was even allergic to something my own body produced and broke out in a rash. Smoke still gets to me, and some perfumes, but the rest are gone. This was a completely unexpected benefit of vegetarianism.
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I have a study that compares XanGO, Mona-Vie, Tahitian Noni and Shaklee's Vivix. If anyone is interested in seeing it, let me know: ekoeppe@care2.com
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