Allergies Information Center

Do not believe the cool adds you see on TV that tell you the only way to control your allergies is through drugs. 

This is not true. Two forms of natural alternatives are available to you:
     1.  MSM if you problem is not too serious; 
     2.  Olive Leaf extract, ParaGONE and ParaZYME if it is deep-seated           and imbedded.

You are now empowered to do something about your allergies without becoming a slave to over-the-counter drugs. Not only will you get control of your allergies, your general health will improve, and with it, your quality of life. But first, you need to understand why you are suffering from allergies in the first place.

What are allergies?

Allergies are the bodies reaction to "foreign" substances which can be inhaled, eaten, drunk or touched. Given good natural health,  the body's immune system can deal with these problems naturally.

Within the home, the greatest source of naturally occurring allergens (the substances which cause allergies) are the feces of dust mites, and the mould in the A/C systems air ducts. These are followed by food allergies and chemical sensitivities to household cleaning products. Outdoors, grass dust and pollen provide an ever-ready source of coughing, sneezing and wheezing. Ranging free between the two are pets, the lovable sources of animal dander, which is partially mite feces, partly exfoliated skin.

Then there are the new chemicals the body has never had a chance to adapt to. The "safe" food preservatives, plastics, toothpastes, detergents, shampoos. The chemical by-products spewed into the air in "safe" amounts. The pollutants poured into our rivers and aquifers in "safe" concentrations. Science is only just beginning to find out that most of these are far more dangerous than they were made out to be. (Remember DDT?). And we are weakening our own defenses against them through our lifestyles.

Finally, there are the prescription drugs, masquerading as "cures" but in reality only able to suppress the symptom of the disease. Apart from damaging the intestine's lining, the body's first line of defense, they are now known to deplete the body's nutrients, the source of energy for repairing the immune system. So, in the long run,  general health is reduced.

Why does the body react badly to these common sources of allergens?

The body reacts to allergens by producing histamines  - which is nature's way of isolating the particles and coughing, sneezing or breathing them out of the body. A body with a poor immune system gets overwhelmed, and over-reacts, causing the lung tissues to contract, the nose to run, the skin to itch; the eyes to burn.
A healthy immune system will take most of these irritations in its stride - explaining why some people are "allergic" - others never feel a thing! Granted, some persons are more sensitive to different sources of allergens than others, but in general, a non-allergic person does not experience discomfort from the most common allergens.

Why Pharmaceutical Drugs are not the answer

If you watch TV (who doesn't?) you could not have missed that hunk of a windsurfer sailing his board across a rolling wheat field.  Or the hay fever guy chasing the hoard of cats out of his home after taking one of the latest "wonder" drugs. Neat ads. Neat drugs. In the short term. They are anti-histamines; i.e. they suppress the histamines which the body produces to chase those pesky allergens out of the body in the same way as the cats left that elegant home in the Ad.
So you suppress the histamines with the advertised drugs. And you still have a body which is disturbed by the invading allergens. But it now has some unrecognized chemical (the Drug) in the body to isolate and deal with as well - one which may exacerbate the root cause of the problem.

Sure. The immediate symptoms go away. What a relief!
But what about the dry mouth. The doziness and the other assorted "side effects"?

Far more serious is their reaction on the already overloaded immune system. What exactly these drugs are doing in the long term, nobody knows, for FDA issues approval for them on the basis of short term "safety" tests financed by the Drug Company producing them. And you trust these results, right? After the evidence of the Tobacco Companies tests "proving" nicotine was non addictive? Sure!!!

Remember. The medical profession has been trained to believe that something is wrong with nature, and only they have the answer on how to fix it. Which is to make you feel good quickly - never mind the long term consequences. And the Drug Companies are eagerly providing the "quick fixes". Were all of this true, the human race would never have survived so long without these high tech professions which have only been around for a few generations.

What causes one person to be "allergic", another not?

Orthodox medicine, based on Pharmaceutical drugs, has no logical explanation, and seeks to treat the symptoms while leaving the causes unknown, untreated and largely uncared about. The root cause is a weakened immune system, or even worse, one which has turned upon the body, and is attacking it in what is known as an autoimmune reaction. The most common cause is now being identified as "Leaky Gut Syndrome", which provides a logical explanation for allergies, multiple chemical sensitivities, lupus and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Read what Dr. Zoltan Rona, MD, M Sc. has to say in an 1997 article entitled "Altered Immunity and Leaky Gut Syndrome"

What to do?

It is all to easy to run to the drug store and pick up an instant "cure" for your allergy-of-the-day. And then when a cold sets in, see your doctor for a quick fix of antibiotics. Been there. Done that. For years.

Have you any idea what this "quick fix" therapy is doing to your long term health? Sure as Thursday is Doctors golf day off, he doesn't! But if one is cynical, this approach does help him pay those expensive green fees.

The only way to get off this slippery slope to drug and doctor dependency is to declare your Independence in a true American way. Hang that flag out proudly every day of your life, and take control of it.

How? By building up your immune system, step by step, until you have the confidence to fight off the allergens yourself without the help of suppressants and shots. The immune system depends upon nutrition, and however well you eat, your body might not be able to absorb what it needs because of the lack of enzymes. Or its main barrier to the allergens could be weakened due to a leaky gut.

You can NEVER escape the hoards of allergens out there. You can't keep the mites out of your house. You can't even keep them out of your eyebrows! You can't stop the grasses and beautiful trees from pollinating everywhere. You can't keep the mould out of your A/C ducts. Or get rid of your beloved pets. You have got to build up your private army to resist these allergens and make them invisible to your system.

Doing what?

If you're satisfied with how your life is running now (and I guess you would not have read this far if you were), do nothing to change it!

If. however, you would like to get rid of the tissues you carry around with you; enjoy the great outdoors again; play happily with your pets and just enjoy life as it could be, take control of it again!

There is a simple way to start this new cycle of health, which is, in reality, a commitment to change your lifestyle to allow yourself a greater freedom to live it without the fear of allergies striking you down.

You can start by taking MSM. If this sounds too easy, it really is! But this is just the start. MSM will help to strengthen your immune system, particularly with regard to allergies. But don't believe they won't come back if you stop taking it, or if you don't start a new way of building a healthy system, including an effort to repair your digestive system instead of submitting yourself to a drug dependent life. But recognize your own limitations. Do it slowly. Enjoy the benefits of learning to live independently of anti-histamines, allergy tests and doctors. And be aware that a large number of childhood ailments, including ADD, can have their source in the same place, the gut.