Help against hay fever: These foods can relieve the symptoms
Created: 01/14/2023, 19:12
By: Yannick Little, Sarah Neumeyer
The mild temperatures have unpleasant side effects for allergy sufferers.
But there are foods that can provide relief from hay fever.
Frankfurt - Constant urge to sneeze, watery eyes and an itchy and runny nose: the first pollen are already flying through the air in Germany in January.
The hazelnut has been blooming in some places since December 2022, the alder is in the starting blocks.
Hay fever can spoil your mood quickly at the moment.
But there is hope for allergy sufferers.
Because the right diet can help to at least significantly alleviate the symptoms.
Because hay fever is so annoying, many sufferers resort to sprays, drops and various medications.
This need not be.
Even changing your diet can work wonders.
This is primarily due to the micronutrients in our food.
They have a major influence on the human organism and play a key role in the release, production and breakdown of messenger substances and hormones.
Some foods are therefore better and some worse to combat the annoying hay fever.
Hay fever and allergies: What is the influence of diet and food choices?
The natural substance histamine plays a crucial role in the body's reactions to allergies, reports gesundheitsinformation.de.
An increased histamine release can lead to asthma-like symptoms, for example.
Among other things, histamine is directly involved in the defense against foreign substances.
The protein is found in many foods, but is also produced in the body itself.
According to the associations for independent health advice, it can cause allergic reactions and a drop in blood pressure.
The suffering of allergy sufferers | Frequency in percent |
Watery and itchy eyes | 74 percent |
sneezing attacks | 70 percent |
Runny nose | 70 percent |
Stuffy nose | 49 percent |
Itching of the palate, throat or ears | 36 percent |
Swollen eyelids | 36 percent |
fatigue | 34 percent |
shortness of breath | 19 percent |
Source: YouGov |
Vitamins and minerals, the agents that can accelerate the breakdown of histamine, are for example
vitamin C, vitamin B6 and copper
, informs
pharmawiki.ch
.
Allergy sufferers should consider these factors in their diet
take advantage of the suffering of hay fever
to alleviate.
It should be versatile, balanced and anti-inflammatory.
But in which foods?
are such nutrients even included?
Less problems with hay fever thanks to nutrition: vitamin C and vitamin B6
Foods against hay fever
Lemon
and
sea buckthorn
can help
.
The richly contained vitamin C is good for the immune system.
But not only that: just like vitamin B and copper, it is an important cofactor of diamine oxidase, which breaks down histamine, informs
pharmawiki.ch
.
Lots of vitamin B6 can be found in
whole grains, red peppers, green vegetables and legumes
.
Copper is also found in whole grains and legumes.
Sneezing, a runny nose and watery eyes are among the typical hay fever symptoms.
© Angelika Warmuth/dpa
Hay fever remedies: These foods can relieve symptoms
And it is also clear: Drinking a lot is important.
Not only for general well-being, but also against hay fever.
Ideally, those affected should even
drink more than the
two to three liters of water per day that is generally recommended.
Because if the body's own fluid storage is full, the mucous membranes are also well moistened.
It is then more difficult for pollen to settle.
Bottled water even offers another benefit.
Calcium is also among the minerals it contains.
Calcium ions can reduce the reactions triggered by histamine, such as itching, erythema and wheal formation on the skin and swelling of the nasal mucosa, the
Pharmazeutische Zeitung
reports .
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A food that contains both vitamin C, B vitamins and calcium is
broccoli
.
Also should of hay fever
afflicted people with their diet
consider.
According to gesundheit.de
, kale, chard and other types
of vegetables can also cause allergy symptoms
fight.
Which foods help against hay fever: honey for desensitization?
Honey is also said to help regulate hay fever problems.
Especially when it comes from the region and, so to speak, from the flowers of the immediate environment.
The principle: natural desensitization.
Honey contains pollen.
If it contains pollen to which one is allergic, consumption can train the immune system.
Many doctors see this critically, reports the
WDR
.
Honey can be used as a remedy for skin and mucous membranes.
It is also important to avoid foods in your diet that can even promote hay fever and other allergies.
This applies, among other things, to many animal products such as milk and meat.
But also for many foods containing wheat.
(Yannick Little)
