Believe if or not, I am pretty conservative with the supplements I take. I try to get what I can from my diet, but there are a few that I do take daily. One of which is a probiotic, the friendly bacteria that we are most familiar with from yogurt. Though most have heard of probiotics helping with the digestive tract and fighting against infection, I actually take them for allergies.
If you are considering trying a probiotic for allergies there’s a little trick to it. Instead of swallowing the capsule, I open it up and just swallow the powder. I have also found it only works on an empty stomach. For whatever reason, it has completely saved me from my chronic allergies and sinus infections. I use MegaFood’s Megaflora and it works so well I haven’t tried any other brands. I’ve also had several customers try it and have the great results with their allergies, sinus infections and even colds.
However, it only works when I remember to take it and one particular day last week I forgot. When I got to work I had watery eyes, sneezing, runny nose – the whole spectrum of allergy symptoms. Yes, I even got the “you don’t look so good” comments from coworkers. One of the many benefits of working in a health store is having several natural remedies right at your fingertips.
So, I decided to try New Chapter’s Histamine Take Care, a fast acting, herbal therapeutic that helps to balance natural histamine levels and maintain open nasal passages. I never tried it before, but I’ve had such great results with other New Chapter products that I had high hopes. However, I had no idea that it would work as well, or as fast as it did. I’m not exaggerating when I say it started to work before I even finished the lozenge!
It actually uses a special extract of the herb Nettle, containing over 500 botanical chemistries including 33 bioactives found in nettle that have been shown in laboratory testing to inhibit pathways associated with allergies. I wouldn’t believe it if I didn’t experience such amazing results for myself!
I don’t mean to sound like an ad, I just know how hard it can be to carry out normal activities of daily living while battling allergies. If you struggle with allergies, give Megaflora or Histamine Take Care a try, and hopefully they work as well for you as they did for me.
–Nicole Gould, RD LD
