Seasonal Allergies
Allergies
strike many of us seasonally due to airborne irritants such as tree pollen, weed pollen,
and grass pollen, but allergic reactions can also occur perennially due to
dust mites, pet dander, mold, etc. Allergy symptoms occur when your immune
system overreacts to these irritants. When your immune system reacts,
antibodies are produced, catalyzing a series of events that you
experience as allergy symptoms; your immune system is actually doing
its job of removing the irritant from your body. An example of the body
shedding an irritant is when grass pollens enter your circulation and your
immune system binds the pollen with an allergy protein such as
histamine. You experience this binding as watery eyes, sneezing, and a
runny nose.
What is essential to understand is that every
person needs to filter these substances out of his/her system. The most common treatment for many allergies is to suppress only the symptoms of the allergy. I
have worked with hundreds of people who suppressed their allergy
symptoms as children, and now have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS),
fibromyalgia, multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS), or other chronic, debilitating health problems. When you use immune suppressive therapies, you run
the risk of weakening your immune responses to infection, virus,
bacteria, fungi and degenerative diseases.
Dietary choices can be a major cause of an overreactive immune system, even if it seems that the
cause of allergy symptoms is, for example, the grass pollen or pet dander itself. Unfortunately, most people
do not know what foods cause their bodies to overreact. By exploring
dietary connections to allergies through a quality cleansing
program, as is laid out in my book,
Ten Days to
Optimal Health, many people have significantly improved the
quality of their lives without the many short-term and long-term side
effects of medications.
Scientific studies are coming out now that show that over 50% of
our immune system is in our colon. If this is true, a clean, well-functioning colon may be imperative to good health. Inside the appendix and the large intestines, there are tremendous
amounts of immune tissues called lymphoid aggregates. Through these
tissues, the colon plays a key role in responding to infection and
antigenic challenges. In addition to housing a portion of the immune
system, the colon is critical in carrying out activated lymphocytes
that have passed through the blood stream and collected in the stool
with foreign invaders. What is so important to understand is that
whatever these invaders may be, if the colon does not quickly carry
them out, they are still able to pass back into the bloodstream triggering unwanted immune responses.
Therefore, in order for you to have a strong defense against foreign
substances and pathogens, you must keep the colonic mucosa from being
exposed to these challenges for extended periods of time. Peristaltic
activity guarantees a constant renewal of colonic mucosa. This is why
allergy symptoms tend to diminish with regular colon cleansing.
As you work through the program laid out in
Ten Days to Optimal Health, you will learn what causes
you to feel great, and what environmental stimuli cause you to have
a runny nose, itchy eyes, fatigue, congestion, sneezing, etc. We
are all aware that taking care of ourselves is crucial to enjoy the health and well-being we desire. Even
though we are at the pinnacle of many scientific advances, it is
more important than ever to take personal responsibility
for our health. Your best health insurance is living a healthy
lifestyle. My book is a multi-step, 10-day
program that will guide you through a series of wellness
activities that can be completed in the privacy of your own home or
with the help of a colon hydrotherapist.
Enemas
Throughout history people have been using enemas, or colon cleansing, as a central tool of preventative medicine. As a
health practitioner, I see daily that enemas are an excellent tool
for maintenance and restoration of health. Enemas may help prevent
and overcome allergies.
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By Kristina Amelong, CCT, CNC
I-ACT-Certified Colon Hydrotherapist
Certified Nutritional Consultant
