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  • Testing yourself for food allergies  By : Mitamins Team
    If you think you may have a case of food allergies on your hands and have noticed allergy symptoms such as itchy, watery eyes; sneezing; headache; fatigue; postnasal drip; runny, stuffy, or itchy nose; sore throat; dark circles under the eyes; an itchy feeling in the mouth or throat; abdominal pain
  • What to do if your domestic animal is causing allergies?  By : Mitamins Team
    If you are an average compassionate person, it�s more likely than not that your home will be replete with a cat, dog or otherwise friendly and furry household companion. Named something cute, and stationed in the basket in the living room, your pet is sure to be a well loved and essential part of t
  • Allergy Season: Friendly Bacteria and Other Natural Treatments  By : Mitamins Team
    Many over the counter allergy treatments provide some relief, though for many, such allergy relief is elusive and difficult to find. Looking to nature to provide release from allergy symptoms is becoming more common these days . This article gives 3 top supplements for allergy relief and treatment.
  • Allergy Treatment Help Your Thymus, Help Yourself  By : Mitamins Team
    When the immune system is protecting body from all kinds of infections, the inflammation, soreness, and running nose are a small price to pay for optimum health. However, when the same distressing symptoms and hypersensitivity are due to everyday things not harmful to our health, then allergy treatm
  • The Allergy Treatment Closest to Your Heart  By : Mitamins Team
    An allergy is the body's abnormal reaction to a perfectly normal substance. allergy relief medicines are often similar in their action upon the body, despite many triggers involved. Could it be that despite the huge number of allergies in the world, they all have their root in a similar condition?
  • Why Do So Many People Seem To Have Allergies?  By : Jane OBrien
    Allergies and asthma arise from loss of the body�s natural resistance to allergens, often beginning with early exposure to secondary smoke, industrial chemicals and asbestos, and the incredibly intensive chemical farming and industrial treatment, of the foods we eat, and fabrics we wear and sleep on.
  • Remedies for Asthma or Allergies  By : Jane OBrien
    A lot people have asthma. My daughter, 41 years, included. She has suffered from attacks for many years. Recently I encounter three natural remedies that I asked my daughter to try. I have not yet received a report on these, so I would like to pass them on to you. Here is the first one
  • Cleaning for Allergy and Asthma Sufferers  By : Jane OBrien
    My daughter recently had a bout with asthma. The strange thing is, she hadn't had any problems for a couple of years. In looking at the possible triggers - She had a new batch of puppies at her dad's. While the 2 dogs didn't seem to bother her, the additional puppies seemed to put her over the edge
  • Allergy Relief  By :
    Allergies are defined as immune malfunctions that occur when an individual's body is oversensitive to certain substances. These substances that cause allergies are called allergens. Allergies cause the body to produce excessive amounts of immunoglobulin E. This overproduction can result in inflammation, runny noses, itchy eyes or even shock or death, depending on how extreme an individual's allergies may be.
  • Allergy Equals Addiction  By :

    Craving particular foods can be a sign of a need for a nutrient that is in the food that is craved. The body is demanding food that contains a particular nutrient. This can be very straight-forward. For example, I spent three months in Sri Lanka, and my diet was very short of zinc. The moment I walked back into my house I reached for the jar of sunflower seeds (an excellent source of zinc) and started stuffing them down myself. Over the next few days I ate a huge amount of sunflower seeds. Initially I really craved them, but after a few days the obsession disappeared. It was only with hindsight that I realised why I had done that.
  • Allergies: Why Do You Have Them?  By :
    Next time you reach for your Claritin, think about this:

    Allergies are totally abnormal. Sure, tons of people have them. Probably most of the planet is sneezing, wheezing and itching right now. But why? You're allergic to cats. They lick you, your arm gets a rash. Your eyes swell up. What the heck is that all about?
  • Allergies: What Are We To Do?  By :
    An allergy is an abnormal reaction of our immune system to something. An interesting aspect of allergies is that the immune system of different persons reacts differently to the same substance. One person may react normally to a substance while the other could become allergic to it. As soon as the body perceives danger due to the presence of a substance, its immune system releases antibodies for its protection.
  • Allergies  By :
    Allergies are disorders of the immune system, which when a foreign substance that is normally harmless in most people causes an extreme reaction within the body. Contact can be with the skin, lungs, oesophagus, mouth, stomach and intestine and can cause a reaction to those organs plus the musculo-skeletal, genoto-urinary system, bowel, cardio-vascular, nose, eyes and brain. The substances that cause these reactions are called allergens and the person who suffers from this, is said to be allergic to the substance.
  • A New Nutritional Approach for Both Pet Allergies and Allergies to Pets  By :
    Allergies of all kinds seem to be on the rise--both for people and for their pets. The exciting new science of Glycobiology points strongly to a common basis for many of these allergies; and the revolutionary new nutritional technology of glyconutrition, which has developed from this new science, is proving to be a very effective--and natural--way to help both pets and their owners get marked relief from their allergies
  • 5 Allergies Potentially Far More Serious Than Mild Seasonal Annoyance  By :
    Allergies can range from a mild seasonal annoyance to a life threatening condition. There are a number of different types of allergies that affect millions of people.

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