Natural Allergy Treatment; Just Wishful Thinking?

by Dwain Berlin

There is a growing trend towards natural allergy treatment for many people because of concerns over side effects from prescriptions. It seems that allergies are affecting a growing number of people each year similar to the growth rate of serious diseases like cancer, stroke and heart disease. Luckily there is an effective allergy treatment found in a natural botanical.

This botanical reaches into numerous areas of your body and targets whatever needs the most attention, while correcting allergies as well. There are hundreds of years of folk lore and decades of scientific research behind it, and more focused research is being done every year. Some studies are focusing on one specific nutrient called the Xanthone. There are about 200 xanthones in nature, most of which are found in wood, and over 40 found in a fruit called Mangosteen. (not related to Mango)


Get Tested For Allergies

By getting an allergy test done you'll know what to remove from your diet or what to stay away from. This is obvious but neccesary, and with a little discpline you can start your allergy treatment. There are also a lot of allergens beyond your control so the next step is to increase your allergy resistance.

A well prescribed allergy treatment will eliminate discomfort, reduce the severity and maybe even go as far as eliminate your symptoms. Unfortunately, most pills just mask your symptoms and in some cases become less effective over time. If your allergies are serious and life threatening, then you should carry an Epi-Pen with you and renew it each year.

Our North American health system is the best in the world in many respects, but lacking in other areas. Many Doctors will never admit when they don't know how to help you and resort to prescriptions because of their training. If they knew of an effective natural allergy treatment, there's no doubt they would tell you about it.

A Point To Consider

With the endless list of allergens that could cause your reaction, how effective is an allergy pill when it's just an antihistamine? It makes more sense when an allergy treatment is focused on helping your body heal itself. Especially when part of the treatment is anti-inflammitory to help with breathing, reduce swelling, hives and itching. It's even better when it's from a powerful natural source that has a compliment of nutrients working together.

The natural allergy treatment I'm reffering to is found in the Mangosteen fruit. In this delicious fruit is a specific nutrient called xanthone. It's a powerful antioxidant that controls a wide range of healing functions. It's a double bonded molucule with side chains, and each side chain addresses a different health problem.

Xanthones; Natures Hero

It's important to know why a double bonded molucule is significant, especially as an allergy treatment. Xanthones have a skeletal structure (the double bond) and side chains. Each side chain can deliver a different treatment and when active in your body will seek and destroy viruses, fungus, parasites and other nasty intruders. It will also strenthen vital organs by helping your immune system.

A double bonded molucule is re-enforced and has lasting power, not like antioxidants that expire on first contact with a free radical for instance. Because of the backbone structure, the side chains are anywhere from 10 to 50 times more effective than nutrients found in most fruits and vegetables. What's even more amazing is how it out performs concentrated extracts like co-enzyme Q10 for instance.

Natures Powerhouse Allergy Treatment

Now that Mangosteen is becoming known in DOctors offices, those who are aware are begining to prescribe Mangosteen first and pills later if a condition persists. The number of Doctors who know about this is minimal, but you can introduce it to your Doctor and help this trend grow.

Remember when Aloe Vera first came out in the late 70's? It quickly became a household name and every mother had a plant in the house for scrapes and cuts. Today you can walk into any health food store and see six or eight brands of Aloe Vera Juice on the shelf. Aloe Vera has one xanthone, Mangosteen has 43!

Xanthones Heal

Mangosteen has been used in Asian culture for hundreds of years. It has been used for numerous health problems too long to list here, but most importantly it's a powerful allergy treatment. The majority of xanthones in Mangosteen are found in the rind which is very bitter tasting by itself, so that may be why it didn't go commercial until just recently.

A special process is required to make the juice of the whole fruit taste good. Without including the rind in Mangosteen juice, it would not be an effective allergy treatment.

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Looking for Food Allergy Recipe Ideas

By Allen Matthews

It seems that some recipe books (that have been specifically written for people who have a food allergy), seem to offer little value for money. Its particularly annoying when they are simply rehashing regular recipes, but add the side line "get a [insert food allergy] free substitute" within the ingredients of each and every meal guide.

Still, on the Internet, there is a wealth of food allergy recipe information, allowing for some respite those of us with sweet tooth's, but a food allergy that can sometimes restrict it.


So here is your quick three step guide to searching for food allergy free recipes online:

*** Visit many of the larger reputable cooking websites. In fact a lot of the major cooking or dieting websites, will automatically, create recipes for you that make sure that certain food items are not in your meal's ingredients.

*** Always check the details. For example, when a recipe simply says to add butter, or oil, you have to be sure that the products you buy are nut free.

*** Make recipe finding part of your regular web-surfing time. Build up your own little recipe cards, for you to go to when you need to feed your sweet tooth!

Do You Still Need a Recipe Idea?

As a peanut allergic adult myself, (who is also a great cook!), I have not abandoned my sweet tooth for fear of what may be within biscuits or cakes. Instead, I have searched for recipes that allow me to make a great peanut-free cookies and cakes.

In fact, here is one of my favorite recipes. But be careful, at 83 calories per cookie, you could get a little bit too carried away!

Peanut Free Cookie Recipe

Serves: 4 Dozen Cookies

Nutritional Value of 1 Cookie: 3.8 g Fat; 83 Calories 84 mg Salt

Ingredients:

3/4 cup Soya nut butter - Soya nut butter is a great peanut butter alternative since it contains no peanuts or tree-nuts.
1/2 cup vegetable shortening - Please note that you should always check for the type of vegetable oil that is used. If the vegetable oil isn't clearly identified, avoid it, as the manufacturer may have used peanut oil.
1 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
3 tablespoons soya milk
1 tablespoons vanilla
1 egg
1/4 cup soy flour
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup roasted, salted soya nuts (for topping)

Preheat your oven to 375 F.

Put the soya nut butter, vegetable shortening, soya milk, brown sugar, and vanilla into a mixing bowl.

Blend the ingredients until smooth, then add the egg.

Blend the egg into the ingredients.

Now add the flour, salt and baking soda, and blend those ingredients into the mixing bowl.

Drop teaspoonfuls of the mix onto ungreased baking paper, and shape as required.

Top each cookie with a few of the salted soya nuts.

Finally, bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes until mildly brown, then allow for them to cool down completely, before eating.

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Methods To Treat Asthma In Adults And Children

by Karina Jacobsen

Asthma is a very serious condition affecting both children and adults. The effects of an Asthma attack are disabling if your doctor doesn't know about your condition, leaving you improperly cared for. Though treatments for Asthma are much more advanced than they were years ago, more than half a million people every year, are in need of in-patient care while nearly four thousand ultimately die. How your doctor or specialist chooses to treat your asthma is based on your age and how severe your Asthma is.

It's possible to pass Asthma on to a child through heredity, but more likely asthma is caused by your environment. An Asthma attacks happens when allergens infiltrate your respiratory system causing your bronchiole airway to constrict which leads to over production of mucous. It's also possible to bring on an Asthma attack by merely laughing. There are plenty of warning signs to indicate an Asthma attack is brewing.


If you have a history of Asthma or suspect you or someone you know might, watch for signs such as: Coughing (sometimes so severe it wakes you from sleep), wheezing, tightness in the chest and the feeling of not being able to catch your breath. If you experience these symptoms its imperative you seek medical attention immediately.

If you have mild or intermittent Asthma, your doctor may suggest the use of over-the-counter medication such as a bronchodilator. More severe Asthma may require the use of a prescription medication or an inhaler containing corticosteroids, as treatment. Prescription medications used to treat Asthma contain active ingredients used to decrease the inflammation in the lungs and sensitivity to allergens. A bronchodilator is prescribed and used for immediate relief of Asthma symptoms but has no long lasting effects.

It's possible your doctor will choose to use a combination of treatments to relieve your Asthma symptoms and attacks. An ever popular and effective treatment for Asthma caused by allergies in children and adults is Immunotherapy. This method works by building antibodies in the system to the allergens that set off the attacks by exposing the Asthmatic to ever increasing doses of said allergen. Eventually, the allergy is resolved and with it, hopefully, the Asthma attacks.This article in no way should be taken as medical advice.

As with any medical condition, its important to speak with your doctor for the best course of action and prevention. If you are currently under your doctors care for Asthma, and feel your symptoms are not improving, speak with him/her about alternate forms of treatment. If short term inhalers are being used often, this is a good indication your Asthma is not effectively being controlled.

Ask your doctor about physical exercise, how much is too much and if there are certain activities you should avoid or limit. Breathing should not be a chore, tell your doctor today if you suspect that you or someone you love maybe suffering from Asthma.

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Learn About Allergies and The Relationship To Food

by Charles Amith

Allergies are the hypersensitive response of the body to foreign substances. These foreign substances are called antigens, which stimulate the body to produce antibodies, whose normal function is to combat antigens by destroying them or otherwise making them harmless. In allergic individuals, for poorly understood reasons, the body's antibody defense mechanism goes awry and injures the body instead of protecting it.

The most familiar allergies are hay fever and asthma, which are caused by a wide variety of inhaled pollens, dusts, and other agents. However, food can also be a cause of allergic reactions.



Food does not often cause allergic reactions. Food allergies are more common in infants than in older children and adults, probably because the infant's immature digestive tract permits more ready absorption of offending food molecules.

Manifestations of food allergies in adults are usually of the immediate kind, including hives, angioderma, eczema, gastrointestinal disorders, and general systemic reactions of the anaphylactic type. Systemic reactions occur quickly after eating.

They are most frequently caused by legumes, nuts, seafoods (especially shellfish), and berries, but carbohydrates, fats, food additives, and contamination by drugs may be implicated.

In infants and children, eczema is the prominent manifestation, and the most frequent causative agents include milk, wheat, eggs, fish, and soybean products.

Food allergies are diagnosed on the basis of the patient's allergic history together with trial eliminations of suspected foods from the patient's diet. Skin tests and tests for antibodies in serum are less significant, because the hypersensitive reaction may be provoked by the breakdown of products of the food resulting from digestion, and not by the food itself.

The management of food allergy is based mainly on the avoidance of the offending foods. An antihistamine taken before a meal may be helpful if a food to which one is allergic is to be eaten. Food allergies in children tend to lessen or disappear with age, but the anaphylactic types manifested in adults do not usually improve over time.

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One day at asthma clinic

I had asthma and I experienced asthma attack several times. I didn’t like being in that situation at all. It was hard to breathe, I couldn’t sleep, I couldn’t lie down.

One day, I visited my asthma clinic for my routine check up and following my treatment. All of sudden, one of the patients in the waiting room had asthma attack. The physician was still with other patient, both rooms were occupied. Her medical assistant came to help the patient. She tried to make patient comfortable while waiting for the doctor to come.
Fortunately, the physician finished examining her patient and with a quick action she handled that reoccurred patient with her special treatment method.

The clinic has another medical assistant for filing and keeping patient record and arranging patient appointment. It was a medium size clinic, so I knew all of the staffs. All of them went to different medical assistant schools.

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What is Allergy Induced Asthma?

By: Isabelle Boulay

When someone is exposed to an allergen – a substance to which their body is sensitive – they may produce ‘histamines’, which cause inflammation and irritation as they work to rid the body of the allergen. In the case of allergy induced asthma, the histamines go to work on the bronchial passages and lungs, making it difficult for the allergic person to breathe.

The incidence of allergy induced asthma has grown almost geometrically in recent years, and scientists aren’t quite sure why. They suspect that part of the reason may be the increased exposure of children to some common allergens. This seems to be borne out by population based studies – African-American and Hispanic children living in the inner city are far more likely to develop allergy induced asthma than Caucasian children in the same cities, and even those children are more likely to develop allergy induced asthma than suburban and rural children of the same socioeconomic level.

A number of reasons have been advanced for the disparity, but the most likely is simply that Black and Hispanic children are far more likely to live in the most crowded old neighborhoods of the city. Crowding is the biggest risk factor for the presence of common household pests like cockroaches and rodents, and cockroach parts and rodent droppings are two of the most common allergens in children with allergy induced asthma.

Diagnosing Allergy Induced Asthma

Doctors will diagnose asthma differently depending on the age of the patient. Children under five, for instance, may find it difficult to follow instructions for breathing capacity tests. Doctors will often use history, both the child’s and the family medical history, to help determine the possibility of asthma. Often, if asthma is suspected, the doctor will prescribe a bronchodilator. If it helps, the diagnosis is confirmed.

In older children and adults, doctors may perform a series of breathing capacity tests with a peak flow meter and a spirometer to help determine the extent of an asthma problem.

Generally, doctors don’t use allergy tests to diagnose asthma, but if there’s a reason to believe that a specific allergen is a problem, allergic dermatitis tests may be used to confirm or rule out possible allergens. Knowing that a specific substance or food is a problem can help you avoid it and reduce your risk of asthma attacks.

Treating Allergy Induced Asthma

The good news is that interventions to reduce exposure to allergens seems to be as effective a treatment for allergy induced asthma as corticosteroid inhalers. If your child has been diagnosed with allergy induced asthma, there are ways that you can help control your child’s symptoms. Besides using inhalers and nebulizers as directed by your doctor, you can also keep your home – and especially your child’s bedroom – as close to allergen free as possible. Mattress covers, pillow cases, air filters and pest control measures can reduce your child’s exposure to allergens that cause allergy induced asthma to worsen into acute stages.

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