I eat raw honey that is glyphosate free from India every day. What’s in the Flonase? I started using a neti pot (idk how it’s spelled) with salt water to flush out my sinus but sometimes it really hurts my head so idk if it’s bad for you or if I’m doing it wrong.
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The neti pot is nice too. I just got one and used it last month when I had allergies for a bit. I just tilt my head forward a little and look to the side, then I stuff the nozzle in my nose and wait for it to flow out the other nostril.
This is the spray I use,.you can find it as Fluticasone Propionate.
If you start getting sinus infections, blame the pot. If it were me I’d add salt until discomfort ensues and then back the concentration off just a little bit. That will control bacteria concentrations and keep bacteria from being flushed into areas they otherwise would never have access to in your body.
That’s scary man smh. Is this something I’m just going to have to do for the rest of my life?
Allergies are the pits. They are an unnecessary disproportionate immune response to environmental substances. Sometimes dietary changes that reduce inflammation can reduce those immune responses and reduce the symptoms. Antihistamine medications are effective too, but personally I’d stay away from medications that treat the symptoms like decongestants rather than the root cause as they usually cause more problems than they solve.
I don’t eat anything processed so I don’t know what the root cause is except for whatever vaccines my parents gave me as a baby. But idk what I can do about that. My diet is extremely clean: meat, organs, dairy, fruit, and honey. I’ve tried cutting out dairy for a week but it didn’t really help much.
Maybe try a fermented food like non pasteurized sauerkraut. You can make your own easily and craft it to your taste preferences. Lactobacillus is not a default resident in the gut microbiome, so has to be replenished regularly. It is a powerful ally against pathogenic bacteria in the gut by directly competing with and literally poisoning the populations of bacterial overgrowth. Your gut microbiome has an enormous effect on your body in general, but your immune system in particular. It’s likely your allergies were created by living in an extremely clean environment as a child, and those pathways on the mast cells can’t be easily be reprogrammed, however building a healthy body microbiome will help. Throw away your antibacterial soap and hand sanitizer, rinse your hands with water, maybe a little coconut oil after the rinse. The solution to pollution is dilution, and the concentration is the difference between an informed immune system and infection followed by disease. Regarding fruit, it’s mostly just sugar. I’d cut that and add a few cruciferous vegetables. 🥦
I’ve had pickles and pickle juice before. It helped a little with the seasonal allergies. I also was drinking raw kefir. I got some sauerkraut from the store and I eat a little here and there. But after the spring season, everything calms down and I only have phlegm which is super annoying.
Pickles and kefir both usually have a dose of sugar or lactose that can fuel yeast populations in and on your body, yeast isn’t always a problem, but it can be in some cases. Sauerkraut is often sold dead in the store because when it’s active it tends to produce CO2 and pressurize the container. It also is often the case that food safety regulations require pasteurization which defeats the whole purpose of eating it from a microbiome standpoint. Before modern times, everything we ate was active microbiologically, now even the vegetables are triple washed in diluted bleach. It’s no wonder the majority of people are chronically unwell. I wish you success on your journey, hopefully you find sustainable solutions. There has been some success treating allergies with intestinal parasites, usually in life threatening severity cases. It’s an interesting rabbit hole.