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Discover why Japanese suffer much less from Allergies
Some of the best home remedies for allergies have to do with what you eat, what you drink and if you can lower stress and optimize health. These are the very factors that allow many Japanese to suffer less from allergies. Learn more about Japanese health secrets and Home Remedies for Allergies.
When possible, don`t eat these
While it is unlikely that you will be able to elliminate processed foods from your diet, you should greatly reduce your consumption while increasing whole foods. Dairy is now often full of antibiotics and mucus causing compenents and other things that overwhelms the body and often leads to allergy attacks. So dairy and highly processed foods should be the two things you try to reduce to as little consumption as possible.
While things are changing in Japan, our culture has always embraced eating whole foods including rice as a staple and seasonal fruits and vegetables. Meats are only a small side item and dairy and heavily processed foods are very minimal. As a nation we are developing a more western style diet with each passing year and as we do we can clearly see the increase of such things as allergies, asthma and other chronic conditions that can often be linked in part to diet. By adopting some of the traditional foods eaten by the Japanese, many will see a significant reduction in allergy attacks.
As often as possible do eat these
Learn about eating seasonally. Fruits, vegetables and even fish have seasons when they are their most delicious. Many foods also carry special nutrition which can help you in the different seasons. Just as things like banana`s are good for summer because they help the body cool down and things like apples and pumpkin are good for fall and winter because they help the body to be warm, others can help you during the times of year when allergies are most likely to strike. Learn about the natural havesting times of fruits and vegetables and eat them in season.
Eating more natural whole foods along with more deep sea cold water fish such as mackerel, tuna and others will not only make you more healthy, but because these foods are not laced full of chemicals and other man made substances they aid the body rather then overwhelming it with unnatural substances.
It is important that you understand that allergies are generally an over reaction of the body to things like pollen. Your body was never meant to over react like that, but because many of us overwhelm our systems, the body goes into overtime for the smallest thing. Returning to the natural eating habits can help the body to return to a natural state and decrease these kinds of allergy attacks.
Choose these recommended drinks and reduce the others
What you drink can often be as important as what you eat. Many today drink carbinated, sugar filled drinks as our primary source of hydration. Replace that soda with some green tea. It still has some caffiene for those who want that, but in an amount and form that will do more to help the body then hurt it. In addition it will supply you with many nutritional components that are great for the body and can aid in restoring it to health. Green tea is also a natural anti-histamine and has been used for thousands of years to treat allergies.
Allergies are also often brought on by excess inflammation. Drink a cup of ginger tea in the morning and another at night. In addition to allergies it will aid in digestion and other ailments of the stomach.
Learn Stress Release
Learning to practice meditation is another one of the great home remedies for allergies. Stress is a major contributor in many of today`s chronic conditions. Learning to meditate just 15 - 30 minutes a day can remove much of that stress and the conditions it contributes to.
