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What is a food pharmacy? Your diet is one of the most powerful tools you have for your health. All the advances made by modern medicine don’t address chronic diseases very well or disease prevention at all. Food is powerful medicine. Sometimes it is your best medicine....even for difficult diseases. The secret is using foods and herbs to change body chemistry. Drugs can’t do it. Only foods and herbs can do it!

Here’s why: each one of us have entirely individual immune systems. It would be impossible for a laboratory to ever develop a drug to activate immunity for everyone. Only something like foods or herbs, which are able to combine with each of us individually, operate at the deepest levels of our bodies, and work with our own enzyme activity, can do the job.

Nature is after all, the perfect pharmacy. I think it’s time to return to Mother Nature and use food as medicine for healing and wellness!

SEASONAL ALLERGIES
Allergies to environmental allergens like air pollutants, asbestos or heavy metals, and seasonal allergens to dust, pollen, spores and mold, are called Type 1 allergies and affect the respiratory health of 35 million Americans. Common drugstore medications generally only mask symptoms and also have a rebound effect...the more you use them, the more you need them. The newest ones are strong medicine....and have strong side effects like rapid heartbeat, even possible tumors. Steroid drugs for hayfever allergies, if taken for long periods, do not cure and often make the situation worse by depressing immune response, and impeding allergen elimination.

Environmental allergens frequently interact in the bodies of allergy sufferers, both activating and aggravating other offending irritants. When this is the case, even the most powerful drugs do not relieve symptoms.

Signs that you may have a Type 1 environmental or seasonal allergy:

•Chronic sinus congestion with itchy, watery nose & eyes? Do you have frequent bronchitis?

•Headaches with sneezing, coughing and scratchy throat?

•Face swells up, with itchy, rashy skin––a skin rash on your arms or torso?

•Trouble sleeping at night? Are you unusually tired during the day?

•Unusual menstrual pain/congestion?

•Do you have hypoglycemia?

Diet Plan to Control Seasonal-Environmental Allergies

Diet change is a powerful force for overcoming and neutralizing allergens of all kinds. In fact, diet improvement is the single most beneficial thing you can do to control allergic rhinitis reactions.

•Cut fats, especially fatty animal products. Your body stores more saturated animal fats (and allergens along with them).

•Drink more water. Good water intake reduces histamine production in histamine-generating cells.

•Make sure your diet stays nutrient-rich. Eat plenty of plant foods fresh vegetables, fruits, sea greens, whole grains, nuts, seeds and beans. Include fresh vegetable and fruit juices, cultured foods for friendly digestive flora, and flax and canola oils for EFA’s. Eat a fresh salad every day.

•Strengthen your adrenals with low fat, fresh foods. The better your adrenals work, the less sensitivity you’ll have to allergens. Low adrenal function leads to more severe allergies and to multiple allergies.

•Boost your immune response with superfoods. Concentrated nutrients from foods like green and blue-green algae (chlorella and spirulina), green grasses (barley, wheat grass and alfalfa) and bee pollen decrease your body’s sensitivity to allergens.

A seasonal allergic reaction is more likely to occur if the body has an excess accumulation of mucous which harbors environmental irritants. Start your program with a 3 to 4 day mucous elimination diet, found on page 177 of Cooking For Healthy Healing - Book One - The Healing Diets, available in stores or at www.healthyhealing.com, or call, 1-888-447-2939.)

Think of it. Most people start their day with milk or other mucous forming foods! Here are two recipes for breakfast that are good for adults and children who suffer from seasonal allergies:

NON-DAIRY APPLE RAISIN OATMEAL
This recipe works for: Allergies - Asthma, Childhood Health, Bone Building Serves 2:
Bring 2 Cups Water to a boil. Add 1 Cup Oatmeal and stir for 4 or 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Divide in two bowls. Top with Banana Slices and Raisins. Drizzle on 1 TB Honey and 1/2 cup Apple Juice.

BREAKFAST RICE with FRESH TOMATOES
This recipe works for: Men s Health, Allergies- Asthma, Weight Control Makes 4 servings:
Bring to boil: 6 cups Organic Chicken or Vegetable Stock, 1 cup chopped Fresh Tomatoes, 1/2 teasp. Lemon-Pepper Seasoning. Add 2 cups Jasmine Rice, bring to a boil, cover and simmer until water is absorbed. Stir in 3 TBS Tamari or Teriyaki Sauce and 2 TBS Parmesan Cheese. Serve hot.

Nutrition per serving; 373 calories; 10gm protein; 77gm carbo.; 2gm fiber; 2gm fats; 2mg cholesterol; 74mg calcium; 5mg iron; 34mg magnesium; 235mg potassium; 702mg sodium; Vit. C 9mg; Vit. E 2 IU.

©Traditional Wisdom, Inc., 2002
With info & recipes from her books, Cooking For Healthy Healing - Book One - The Healing Diets, & Book Two - The Healing Recipes. The products, services and advice contained in this article are intended solely for informational and educational purposes and not as medical advice. Please consult a medical professional if you have questions about your medical health.©Traditional Wisdom, Inc., 2002

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The products, services and advice contained in this article are intended solely for informational/educational purposes and not as medical advice. Consult a medical professional if you have questions about your health.