Common Health Ailments
Allergies
Roughly 10 % of the population of the United States suffers
from atopic allergy. Atopic allergies cover a very broad category
of allergies everything from hay fever, to allergic eczema
and allergic asthma. Most people have an immune system that
has essentially made peace with it’s environment and therefore
does not react to the things around us by giving us runny
noses, hives, weepy eyes, etc. The following is a list of
vitamins and minerals that can help decrease your sensitivities.
Niacin: helps prevent the release of histamine. You
can take a form of niacin called niacinamide. It is best to
take a dose of 200 to 300mg to help reduce seasonal allergy
symptoms.
Pantothenic Acid: has proven to reduce allergic drainage
and nasal stuffiness. You can begin with 100mg and if they
fail to respond sufficiently you can increase your dose to
250mg.
Vitamin B6: has proven to help people who suffer from
MSG sensitivity, generally Chinese food is prepared with monosodium
glutamate (MSG) and Vitamin B6 may be helpful in this situation.
The recommended dosage to take is 50mg daily for at least
12 weeks.
Vitamin B12: has shown benefit in allergic asthma,
sensitivities to sulfites (commonly found in some wines and
in egg yolks), chronic hives, and chronic allergic dermatitis.
The recommended dosage to take is 500 micrograms weekly for
four weeks.
Vitamin C: helps to reduce the release of histamine
by the mast cells. It may also help to protect against life
threatening anaphylactic reactions. The recommended dosage
to take is 1 to 4 grams of Vitamin C daily. If you are just
beginning taking Vitamin C it is best to start out slowly
by taking 500mg per day then work up to 4 grams per day within
a week or two.
Vitamin E: There are no hard scientific facts that
make it fully known that Vitamin E is an antihistaminic. However,
Vitamin E has shown to have some antihistaminic properties.
Vitamin E can have effects on your blood pressure such as
an elevation, so it is best when you first start taking Vitamin
E to start off with a lower dose of 100 IU. Then, check your
blood pressure and make sure that it remains average or below
at 140/90, if all is well then increase it to 200 IU, then
onward to 400 IU and then to the highest amount of 600 IU’s
daily.
Calcium & Magnesium: If you do not have enough of these
two minerals it may worsen allergic asthmatic symptoms. To
prevent a deficiency take 500 mg of calcium and 200 mg of
magnesium.
Molybdenum: This trace element helps to detoxify sulfites
(in egg yolks or wine) and has been known to be missing or
lacking in people sensitive to sulfites. The recommended dosage
is to begin with about 100 micrograms then after two to three
weeks increase it to 200 micrograms then 400 micrograms if
you think that it is needed.
Zinc: People that have chemical sensitivities often
times have a deficiency of Zinc. Supplementation of Zinc may
serve to help by inhibiting the release of histamine from
the mast cells. It is recommended that you begin with a dosage
of 50 to 60 mg chelated Zinc daily.
The following are three common health ailments that affect
Americans and the essential vitamins and nutrients that can
help aid in combating the symptoms.
Headaches
Headaches are a difficult symptom to evaluate in medicine,
because there are so many different symptoms that cause headaches.
Headaches are can be caused from many things; stress, too
much caffeine or to little, a women’s menstrual cycle, etc.
Although most of us have had a headache if you know of a child
that has a headache you should never ignore it in most cases
it means that there is an infection coming on.
Here are the Vitamins and Minerals that can aid in helping
relieve the symptoms of headaches.
1000mg of Magnesium daily: This is great to take when
you have premenstrual headaches and even for migraines that
cause headaches.
Omega 3 EPA (Natural Fish Oil): These help reduce the
blood vessel spasm and inflammation common in headaches. It
may help to decrease the frequency of your headaches.
