Just stumbled upon this amazing article written by Heather Schulte, an Alternative Medicine Examiner, about the natural treatments for seasonal allergies. She highlighted the same point I made on my previous article of the importance of utilizing raw unfiltered honey along with nettle tea and probiotics. This combination is highly effective and helps getting through the toughest allergy season.
“Bees produce honey by using pollen. Local raw honey will provide very small doses of this pollen stimulating your bodies tolerance of the pollen. Raw honey from local sources is most effective because it doesn’t have heat applied to it and it is made from the pollen prevalent in your area. Raw honey should not be consumed by children under the age of 5.
How can you tell if your diet is harming your baby? Is your baby just fussing around or is something truly bothering her? I lost count of all the sleepless nights I had when my son was younger. I wasn’t able to determine what was bothering him and allergies were the last thing on my mind. I thought it was normal for babies to fuss around and have a rash here and there. A friend of mine suggested that I switch my diet. I was breast feeding at the time and didn’t think that my diet would affect my son. To my surprise it did. All of the dairy products I was consuming were harming him. He was congested, restless and sometimes had diarrhea. By adjusting to an almost vegan diet I saw a tremendous change. Although it is normal for most babies to fuss around and wake up in the middle of the night. What you can do is pay close attention to your baby after she is breast fed.
After posting the dangers of consuming non-organic food, I stumbled upon this video which brought tears to my eyes. It also highlights my point that natural treatments do work and there is hope for curing allergies.
The famous elimination diet or “Cave Man Diet” consists of simply removing all allergens. This is a strict diet that must be followed for a month minimum. All allergens must be removed in order for this diet to work. If you truly want to see results within a month, be strict and control what your child consumes. Do not (no matter how much she begs) allow her to have any of the foods that are NOT included in the diet (yes, you must eliminate candy and chicken nuggets). If you do allow a processed food or allergen to be consumed, you have to restart this process. The purpose of the diet is to clear all symptoms and give a break to you child’s immune system. After all toxins are removed from the body it will be easier to train the immune system to accept them (see step three for curing allergies).
One has many options to choose from when treating allergies. It’s so hard to decide because they all sound promising. In this post I’m going to clarify the most common solutions and which ones did not work for me. Because after all the “mambo shmambo” treatments that I tried, I’ve discovered only one way out of this madness and that is (drumroll please)…the secret of all secrets revealed in 5…4…3…2…1……..NUTRITION! I hope you weren’t expecting a shaman, who sucks out the magic “evil” darts out that were causing the allergy… ha ha ha. Ok back to reality, nutrition is key to this vicious cycle. Below I listed three common options for treating allergies: