Thursday, June 04, 2009

Sinus infections and allergies

An acquaintance is suffering from allergies and sinus infections, and I wanted to scream at them to change their eating habits. It happens to millions every year, and it used to happen to me. The weather changes; the flowers bloom and their heads swell to twice their normal dimensions. It would happen to me, too. To the extent that I am sure that sooner or later, I would have died either in the spring or the fall due, at least in part, to my conflicted breathing situation. The ironic part is that those are my favorite seasons, and I had come to dread them.

If you are suffering now from some kind of seasonal health issues, you don't have to. Of course see a physician for sinus infections. They are nasty. And then do this.
  • Stop taking milk, yoghurt, ice-cream and other dairy products


  • Switch from white bread to wholemeal and also begin to take brown rice, wholemeal noodles and other wholemeal products


  • Eliminate red meat


  • Eliminate white sugar and products containing sugar


  • Eat lots more vegetables and fruits
  • Eat less quantity overall all the time
  • Eat better quality food
 Watch the pounds disappear, and your health return. It may take a year to notice any results, and it is especially important to continue these eating habits when you are not being dogged by these problems. Like in the summer and the dead of winter. It is tempting to think that the problems have subsided, when really they are getting their energy to reemerge from the food you build your body with in the problem-free times.

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