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Natural allergy cures don’t get a lot of press, but they can be much better for you than the traditional over-the-counter or prescribed remedies available on the market.

They do not treat allergy symptoms the way traditional over-the-counter or prescribed treatments do. Over-the-counter medications and some prescribed medications suppress your symptoms by using antihistamines or other substances to “cover up” allergic reactions instead of getting rid of them.

By contrast, natural allergy cures work to actually cure the underlying problem causing the symptoms, instead of simply suppressing symptoms. Let’s take a look at what some of them do.

Temporary fasting

A juice fast is a good way to cleanse your body of toxins over about a five-day period. This lets your body and digestive system rest and heal, bringing you back into balance. After the fast is over, you’ll want to minimize your exposure to substances you know you’re allergic to, and increase your intake of fruits and vegetables. By strengthening your immune system, a juice fast also calms down the allergic reactions you have to substances. Simply taking a mixture of beet, carrot and cucumber juice every morning can also help combat and alleviate symptoms. Simply juice carrots, beets and cucumber at a ratio of three parts carrot to one part each cucumber and beet juice.

Vitamins, other supplements, and diet

Taking a good quality multivitamin every day can help reduce allergy symptoms, as can taking B vitamins and pantothenic acid in proper proportion. Vitamins C and E are also important immune system strengtheners. Some little known substances that can help stabilize histamine reaction (which is what causes allergic reactions) is to ingest the spice turmeric and quercetin, which can help reduce your histamine production.

Yogurt is another very effective food that can help you combat allergies. It increases “good” bacteria in your gut; this in turn strengthens your immune system, which can help reduce allergic reactions. Of course, you can’t be allergic to dairy if you use yogurt, and you must also make sure that you use yogurt with an effective acidophilus culture in it.

Keeping a good diet that’s nearly free of processed foods, artificial flavors and preservatives is also important to keeping your immune system healthy. This in turn will reduce your allergic reactions. You should also avoid excess amounts of alcohol, coffee, tea, cola, and you should avoid tobacco altogether.

Clean your environment

Along with reducing obvious allergens such as dust, mold, pet dander, and the like, avoid using chemically-based cleaning products. These can be allergy triggers themselves. Use old-fashioned cleaning substances such as baking soda and vinegar instead, or use one of the natural formulation cleaning products now on the market.

It can also be a great help to invest in several good quality air filters. In general, investing in several small air filters is better than investing in one large room filter, because they will cover your square footage more effectively than one central filter stationed in your living room will.

These natural allergy cures will greatly reduce if not eliminate your allergies, which can cut down on or eliminate your dependence on allergy medications. You’ll look better, you’ll feel better, and you’ll be healthier.

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