Natural allergy treatments

The following recommendations have proved to be effective for a variety of allergies such as skin allergies (like eczema), food allergies, and hay fever and other autoimmune diseases and immune system disorders such as psoriasis, Crohn’s disease, allergies, asthma, and more.

There are a number of ways to help bring your immune system back into balance, reduce inflammation, and naturally treat allergies.

1. Eat a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables. Thousands of studies have shown that eating fruits and vegetables reduces oxidative stress which invariably reduces damage to the immune system. Fruits and vegetables help balance the immune system. This is one of the reasons why people who eat more fruits and vegetables are less likely to develop diseases like cancer, heart disease, and many others. Many studies have shown that eating fruits and vegetables reduces your risk for asthma and allergies. Furthermore, fruits and vegetables are anti-inflammatory. Eating fruits and vegetables (and berries) is one of the most important things you can do to reduce inflammation. Since most people don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables and won’t even if they know it will eliminate their allergies or other chronic diseases, I recommend taking a well-researched whole food fruit and vegetable concentrate. We have seen numerous people reduce their allergies using these concentrated fruit and vegetable powders and eating more fruits and vegetables.
2. Avoid All Dairy Product.  Dairy products contain a protein called casein. Casein has been shown to be incredibly harmful to the human immune system and has been shown in countless studies to increase allergies, asthma, respiratory infections, and autoimmune disorders. In fact, most people find that simply taking dairy out of their diets has helped them eliminate their food allergies and other allergies.
3. Add Omega-3 Fats to your Diet. Omega-3 fats are essential to good health and proper immune system functioning. Omega-3 fats are the anti-inflammatory fats. Omega-6 fats are the pro-inflammatory fats. Researchers have found that the ideal balance for human nutrition is a 1:1 ratio of Omega-3 fats to Omega-6 fats. In America, our ratio is closer to 1:45! Studies have shown that omega-3 fats can reduce our risk for allergies and asthma. This incredible imbalance in the right fats in our diets causes our immune systems to be extra inflammatory and out of balance. This immune system imbalance causes immune disorders like allergies, eczema, Crohn’s disease, psoriasis, and many others. There are two very easy ways to add more Omega-3 fats to your diets – with whole flax seeds or with flax seed oil. You can buy them at your local health food store or order them online.
4. Get Enough Vitamin D Every day. Vitamin D is necessary for proper immune system function. Vitamin D is not actually a vitamin, it’s a hormone and it effects so many parts of your body. Even though the RDA for Vitamin D is 200 IU, you need significantly more for ideal health – between 4,000 and 6,000 IU daily. You can’t get enough Vitamin D every day just by eating foods or taking a multivitamin. Unless you get 30 minutes or more of excellent sun exposure on your whole body every day, you should be taking a high-quality Vitamin D supplement. For more information about Vitamin D, check out the Vitamin D Council.
5. Avoid Refined Sugar and Processed Foods. Refined sugar is incredibly damaging to the human immune system and has been proven increase allergies, asthma, and other diseases. Several studies have shown sugar can actually cause food allergies and respiratory infections. For more information about sugar, I recommend Dr. Mercola’s article 76 Ways Sugar Can Ruin Your Health. Likewise, processed foods are also damaging to the immune system and often contain many chemicals like refined sugar, hydrogenated oils, and other ingredients and food additives which are damaging to the immune system. Furthermore, because processed foods are cooked, pasteurized, or chemically changed in some other way, they often contain very little if any nutritional value. And remember, nutritional value is what you need to improve your immune system and naturally treat allergies (that’s why eating a variety of fresh, raw fruits and vegetables is so effective in treating allergies).

So I do not know which of these natural allergy treatments will work for you. But I do know this – If you do all of these things – eat a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables, remove all dairy products from your diet, add more Omega-3s to your diet to get closer to the 1:1 fat ratio, get enough Vitamin D every day, avoid refined sugar and processed foods, and receive proper chiropractic care, your immune system will be happier and you will may finally get some allergy relief.