Friday, June 16, 2006

Allergy Season Redux, Redux

So, are you STILL SUFFERING from allergies? Please consider the ten-day detox I recommended in my last posting. We’re having great results with the ten-day plan, followed up with specific homeopathic remedies to combat the seasonal pollen parade.

Why does the detox help with seasonal allergies?

First, you give your body a break from foods that may be adding to the toxic load on a system already under assault by the pollens. Many of us have minor food sensitivities that don’t reveal themselves as full-blown allergies. But those little troublemakers that ordinarily pose no serious problem — when dumped into an already overworked detox system — will quickly reveal their dark side.

A second reason to detox is to assist your overburdened liver by optimizing the performance of its congested detoxification pathways. Think, “opening the channels.” Think, “healthy Draino.”

Ultimately, even a healthy body has a limited ability to ward off incoming toxins, including those pesky pollens and problem foods. Identifying your major culprits, reducing your intake of reactive foods, and reinforcing your defenses will help reduce both the ongoing stress on your body and those misery-mmaking stress-reactions that we call allergies.