Allergies
Foods to Eat More Of:
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
Essential Oils:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
Yoga Therapy:
Supplements & Homeopathic:
Mind-Body Connection:
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
Meals:
Sides & Salads:
- Fruits: Apples, avocado, blueberries, grapes, lemons, mangoes, melons, oranges, raspberries, strawberries, watermelon.
- Vegetables: asparagus, beets, carrots, onions, peas, red & green bell peppers, spinach, watercress.
- Foods high in fiber, buckwheat, whole grains.
- Soy products, yogurt, beans.
- Garlic, ginger, cilantro, olive oil, nuts/seeds (especially flax, pumpkin & sunflower).
- Salmon, mackerel, sardines, tuna, trout, cod, herring, and Omega-3 eggs.
- Bee pollen (as local as possible)
Foods to Avoid or Minimize:
- Could be worsened by food intolerances, an elimination diet could be helpful.
- Sugar (including honey).
- Alcohol.
- Dairy products (with the exception of yogurt), bananas (as they tend to produce mucus).
Essential Oils:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Eucalyptus, lavender, lemon balm/melissa, spikenard, patchouli, peppermint, chamomile, tea tree, rose (hay fever) and/or yarrow (apply on sinuses, lung area, bottom of feet, or diffuse).
Natural/Herbal:
*If additional information or precautions are available, the links below will direct you that information. If not, you will be directed to Amazon for purchasing options.
- Teas made from anise, ginger and/or peppermint (up to 4 cups a day as needed).
- Green Tea (drink in the morning before symptoms begin).
- Hayfever can be prevented in some cases by taking elderflower in the early spring.
- Astragalus, cilantro/coriander, cinnamon, elderflower, garlic, ginger, hyssop, licorice, marjoram, parsley, pepper, peppermint, plantain, stinging nettle, thyme, turmeric.
Yoga Therapy:
- Yoga Poses for Allergy Symptom Relief (10 minutes - Indore School of Yoga)
- Yoga therapy for Allergy, Cough and Asthma (9 minutes - PartnerMD)
- Yoga for Allergies! (26 minutes - Treehouse Yogi)
Supplements & Homeopathic:
- Vitamin A: 10,000 IU/day until symptoms subside, no longer than 1 month (pregnant women should not exceed 5,000 IU/day).
- Vitamin C: 1,000 mg 3 times daily (reduce if it causes diarrhea).
- Quercetin: 500 mg twice daily (20 minutes before meals).
- Nettle: 250 mg 3 times daily on empty stomach (should contain at least 1% plant silica).
- Pantothenic Acid: 500 mg 3 times daily (with meals).
- Grapeseed extract: 100 mg 3 times daily.
- Coenzyme Q10: 100 mg daily.
- Magnesium: 500-1,000 mg daily.
- N-acetylcysteine: up to 600 mg daily.
- Omega-3 oil (if not eating enough fish): 1,500 mg daily.
- Euphrasia 6c: every 15 minutes for up to 1 hour.
- Allium Cepa 6c: every 15 minutes for up to 1 hour.
- Sabadilla 6c: every 15 minutes for up to 1 hour.
Mind-Body Connection:
- Represents the relationship with betrayal and the need to control your surroundings, or the anxiety it creates when you can't control other people/events.
Recipes - Food Medicine:
*Note: Not all recipes are nutritionally perfect, but the options below are a great way to start incorporating beneficial foods into your diet in delicious ways. Always try to buy organic, and feel free to make substitutions to accommodate gluten-free, vegan, etc diets. Recipes naturally Vegan and Gluten-Free are marked as such (V=Vegan; GF=Gluten-Free).
Smoothies/Beverages:
- Apple-Orange Smoothie (GF)
- Blueberry Pineapple Smoothie (V, GF)
- Blueberry Smoothie (V, GF)
- Cranberry-Blueberry Smoothie (GF)
- Detox Smoothie (V, GF)
- Golden Milk (V, GF)
- Green Smoothie (GF)
- Mango Pineapple Smoothie (V, GF)
- Mango-Blueberry Smoothie (GF)
- Mega Greens Smoothie (GF)
- Orange Smoothie (GF)
- Peach-Grape Smoothie (GF)
- Sunrise Smoothie (V, GF)
- Super Skin Smoothie (GF)
- Yogi Tea (V, GF)
Meals:
- Asian Broccoli & Rice Bowl (V, GF)
- Avocado & Egg Toast
- Baked Salmon with Dill Sauce (GF)
- Black Bean Bowl (GF)
- Black Bean Soup (V, GF)
- Breakfast Burrito
- Broth (Veggie/Chicken/Beef) - (V, GF)
- Buddha Bowl (V, GF)
- Chickpea Salad Sandwich (V, GF)
- Cornmeal & Pecan Crusted Fish
- Deluxe Egg Salad Sandwich/Wrap
- Dumpling Soup
- Edamame Rice Bowl (V)
- Egg Drop Soup (GF)
- Garlic Soup (V, GF)
- Healthy Scrambled Eggs (GF)
- Miso Soup (V, GF)
- Mujaddara (V, GF)
- Pasta Della California (V)
- Red Beans & Rice (V, GF)
- Salmon with Avocado Salsa (GF)
- Salmon with Red Pepper Sauce (GF)
- Sesame Salmon (GF)
- Shrimp Power Bowl (GF)
- Spiced Lentil Soup (V, GF)
- Spicy Black Bean Soup (V, GF)
- Spinach Pasta (V)
- Vegetarian Chili (GF)
- Veggie Burrito Bowl (V)
- Veggie Frittata (GF)
- Veggie Omelet (GF)
- White Bean & Spinach Soup (GF)
Sides & Salads:
- Asian Cabbage Salad (V, GF)
- Avocado Cilantro-Lime Rice (V, GF)
- Chinese Peanut Salad (V, GF)
- Favetta & Pita Triangles (V)
- Guacamole (V, GF)
- Homemade Salsa (V, GF)
- Hummus & Pita Triangles (V)
- Molasses Beans (GF)
- Quinoa Salad (V, GF)
- Red Beans & Rice (V, GF)
- Roasted Asparagus or Green Beans (V, GF)
- Smoked Almonds (V, GF)
- Southwest Pasta Salad (V)
- Spinach & Strawberry Salad (V)
- Steamed Edamame (V, GF)
- Three Bean Salad (V, GF)