Preparing For Allergy Season!
© By Lena Sanchez

It's nearing runny nose, sniffles, red draining eyes time in most parts of the world! And why is that, you ask?
 
With the unusual warm winter weather in our part of the world Spring foliage is appearing early and with that happening comes runny noses and eyes, with coughing, sneezing and at times low grade fevers. All because of those glorious beautiful blooms and foliage that enhances the beauty of our world. Those symptoms are usually from allergies to pollens, grass and a host of other environmental air factors making so many miserable. The doctor's offices begin their allergy shots toward hoping to eliminate the problem. And hope is about all most will receive from those shots!

Contrary to TV ads, sneezing and runny nose does not always mean you need to run to the allergist!

An allergy may be an indication of your immune system being out of sync and needs to be balanced in order to function with the rest of your body. As annoying as the symptoms of allergy are, they do serve a purpose - they are an attempt by the body to wash away the offending allergen.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases indicate that one in five Americans suffers from some form of allergy. It's estimated that 10 percent of all Americans suffer from allergic rhinitis, also known as hay fever. Pollens, dust mites, and pet dander can produce a runny nose, watery eyes, etc.

Allergies cost Americans more than $600 million annually in lost wages, with nearly 3.5 million days lost from work. Allergies cause us to feel awful with a runny nose, watery eyes, congestion and in some cases fever.  Allergies can range from very mild and almost unnoticed, except for a tired feeling, to severe with debilitating illness resulting.
 
Allergic reactions range from life threatening as in the case of allergies to bee stings or penicillin, also responses as mild as sneezing when you sniff a flower which will set off your sensitivity. Or even going inside a building can trigger allergies.

Environmental factors, eating at the wrong times and fast food diets with stress, and family history may all increase the risk for allergies. If you have or think you have allergies, what are you doing about it?

Dr. Victor Rocine made a statement in 1930 that still holds true today: "If we eat wrongly, no doctor can cure us; if we eat rightly NO doctor is needed."  Of course he didn't live in our world of chemicals and air pollution so that second part of his statement isn't totally accurate.

In centuries past people did not have to pay attention too and did not have to focus so much on what they ate and there truly was less illness. One fact was because white bread wasn't as white as today and the bread had natural fiber and nutrients! Animals weren't fed chemicals, antibiotics or growth hormones. Fruits, vegetables and grains were natural without alteration by genetically modifying or cross breeding and were grown in ground containing the minerals our bodies need Grown without herbicides or pesticides and contained sufficient nutrients! Synthetic and processed foods didn't exist. Women spent hours each day in the kitchen preparing wholesome natural organic foods.

Today's medical community would have you believe there are other reasons that lead to the requirement of medication, but those who truly watch their diet and stay away from junk foods will tell you otherwise. They are also healthier for it and very few of them develop allergies.

Hippocrates and Rocine believed that food together with exercise, rest, sunshine and positive attitude made for a very healthy person. That still holds true today BUT for the shift in our foodstuffs that no longer has sufficient nutrients to keep us health and the lack of air quality from man's inventions and lack of care of the fellow human.
 
The farmers have depleted their lands by not letting it rest the seventh year, as had been set aside. Nor crops rotated to rebuild nutrients, as instructed from the beginning of the earth With that lack of caring or gullibility thus preventing the very devastating depletion of nutrients in the soil. Actually farmers have been fed a crock of tales by the chemical industry that their fertilizers are sufficient for growing healthy nutrient rich foods. Sadly that isn't the case! The actions of those farmers thereby deplete soil with results that grow depleted foodstuffs today. Which necessitates holding to the ages old adage; Food, exercise, rest, sunshine and positive attitude along with today's complete nutritional supplements make for a healthy person and fewer allergies.

Who's at risk for allergies?
 
* Fifty percent of Americans are allergic to poison ivy - it affects about 50 million people a year. Poison ivy can enter our bodies when we touch it or inhale it (be careful if your neighbors are burning bushes).
* In the US a few years ago one in ten people suffered from some form of allergy, today, according to the CDC more than half of the population has allergies.
* Insect bites/stings affect more than 2 million of us - whether in the form of swelling or inflammation or an anaphylactic response, which can be life threatening.
* Food allergies are more common in children but do affect adults, as evident by the epidemic of asthma.
* Grass, weeds and pollen trigger hay fever and allergies.
* People, who have set themselves up with the fast paced life, fast food, insufficient rest and taking chemicals for headaches, backaches, etc., that exacerbate allergies. Chemical drugs - both prescription and OTC - are foreign to your body and should only be introduced in life threatening illnesses as a last resort!

SURPRISE - SURPRISE - SURPRISE!

Why are some people allergic to their cats or to certain foods, while others have no adverse reactions to anything?  Of course these days that's the rare person! This is an area of open debate and intense research in the traditional medical world. Children who are breast-fed by allergy-free mothers have fewer allergies! Simply because their mothers' pass on her immunities to them.

The medical profession is so diverse in their beliefs of allergy causes that they have totally overlooked the simple and ordinary cure or prevention. As usual, they are honed in on a man made chemical to alleviate the problems and therefore body's becomes more allergic because of that attitude! Putting more chemicals into the body will never be the answer!

In 99 out of 100 adults the body is depleted of chemicals, as the medical profession refers to them. These chemicals are not actually chemicals! They are nothing more than the minerals our body needs to function properly. In this day and age it is an absolute necessity to put those minerals into your body by supplementing. The foodstuffs do not contain enough to give us the proper balance, even if you eat 100% organic. When your minerals (chemical) balance is where it should be your system will tend to give you less or no problems as with allergies and other illnesses.

For those few who supplement balance of minerals it doesn't always solve the problem. Some have such damaged immune systems it will require rebuilding the complete immune balance. To do that requires a number of herbs and vitamins to accomplish that balancing fete, there are absolutely no conventional medicine that can or will do that!

The mineral balance and allergy connection was something I discovered for myself about 17 years ago. I developed a horrendous array of allergies when we moved to the mountains and was going nuts with the runny nose, and eyes, headaches, achy body and itchy skin. I inadvertently discovered those problems subsided after a few weeks of taking Ionic Liquid Mineral Complex and some herbal formulas. I went from "really ready to move from this part of the country," to the ability of living here with very little to no symptoms. I have a few times sloughed off and not taken the balanced minerals and then ended up with the allergy symptoms only to realize I had been lazy and had not taken them for a few days.
 
Then another siege hit me. After moving into our new house in 2001 foisted a whole new world of allergies on me when my body reacted to the all the chemicals leaching from the walls, carpet and synthetic lumbers laden with formaldehyde in the new house. That required more than just the balance of minerals but I did regain control as soon as we ascertained that I was chemical sensitive to the new house.

I discovered - in my search for healing of those miserable new allergies - that when my immune system was in tune and my mineral balance tuned up I can be free of symptoms!

With the house allergic reactions it required a recycling air system and rebuilding my immune system again as I had gotten lax for the last year or so before the move. So I went into full rebuilding mode with Immune Support herbs and mega doses of Vitamin C (4000 to 5000 IU) along with an increase in the balanced minerals.

The health news people - in the last two weeks - has announced information about homeopathic allergy treatment and becoming allergy-free, that works when done consistently. So see your homeopath and get started immediately if you don't want to follow the above regimen! Just be cognizant that balancing minerals even with ridding the body of allergic symptoms is a necessity! Read Ionic Minerals the Key To Health to understand why that will be necessary!

I must say that building the immune system up and eating properly is not a cure for 100% of the people but at least 99% of the time. Some people are so far gone that not much will help them unless they can do a complete change in their lifestyle, but most are not willing to make the changes necessary and want a magic pill or potent, which can only result in more severe side effects sooner or later.
 
If you have only the seasonal (hay fever) allergies a simple but real cure to that can be done by adding 1 Tablespoon of locally harvested honey twice a day to your daily supplements. This will need to be done year round, or at least three months prior to the allergy season in your area, for the ultimate success of preventing those seasonal allergies.

Understand that detoxing in those who have put prescribed drugs and/or OTC drugs into the body and/or eat wrongly must begin to recover with detoxing and diet as well as balancing the minerals. The first place to start is by doing the 7-Day Cleansing diet to start! Next Follow the Steps To Health Dr. Garland and many of us has found key to surviving cancer healing as well as allergies!

Wishing a spring and summer free of allergic symptoms to you all!