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Eliminate allergies with vitamins
By Dr. Jonathan Wright on 02/07/2011
Question: I'm so tired of having to take drugs for my allergies. Are there any natural approaches I can try?
Dr. Wright: There are several vitamins that can help reduce -- and in some cases eliminate -- inhalant allergy symptoms.
Vitamin C is always the first vitamin to try. It's been shown to reduce bronchial, nasal, and sinus allergy symptoms.
I recommend the "bowel tolerance" quantity of vitamin C. Basically, this means using as much vitamin C as possible, every three to four hours, without causing gas or loose bowels. For some people, this is 1,000 milligrams (1 gram) three to four times daily; for others, it can be 4 grams or more three to four times daily.
Some people with inhalant allergies also find that taking 1,000 milligrams of pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) along with vitamin C three to four times a day helps relieve their symptoms even more than vitamin C on its own.
Unfortunately, these nutrients aren't nearly as effective for food allergies as they are for environmental allergies. The best way to eliminate food allergies for good is to undergo a process of desensitization that includes an elimination diet.
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Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. has degrees from both Harvard University (cum laude) and the University of Michigan. More than any other doctor, he practically invented the modern science of applied nutritional biochemistry and he has advanced nutritional medicine for nearly three decades.
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Lori
Allergies are generally an inflammatory condition and the first line of action would be to remove all inflammatory foods from the diet, regardless of the allergy. Sugar, flour, and grains in general is should be ditched. My daughter's fiance had some pretty severe allergies when she first met him. We convinced him to go off wheat, sugar, fast foods, and refined foods in general. Even with no additional supplementation, he significantly improved. He began to include a natural multi-vitamin, additional vitamin C, a quercitin and bromelain combo, and now he's virtually free of allergies. But it all should start with diet.
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