Fight sinusitis with food!
Sinusitis could be beaten even at table, with a varied diet poor in dairy products!
Sinusitis is an inflammatory process that involves our nose & 1 or more paranasal sinuses, a recent study proved that 10% of the population in industrialised countries suffers from this disorder. The sinuse are cavities that are part of our skull & linked to the nose, if in one of these cavities mucus is accumulated due to a virus, bacteria, influenza etc, breathing becomes difficult & the classic symptoms of chronic sinusitis appear.
HOW IS IT MANIFESTED
The classical cold symptoms are also the first symptoms of sinusities, hence blocked nose & excessive mucus, leading to constant pain on our forehead, eye areas & jaws. Often our nose leaks too, furthermore we could also sometimes encounter; cough, fever, ear pain & even bad breath.
CAUSES
The causes of sinusitis could be various, we start from a complication in our cold even of allergic type, and head to other types of situations such as:
- dental infections
- swimming
- diving
- deviation of the nasal septum
- polyps
- environmental factors like pollution, air conditioning & smoke.
Chronic sinusities repeats itself about three times a year.
To contrast the symptoms of sinusitis, especially during season (climate) change, & to free our nose & sinuses from mucus & inflammation it is important to start curing at table, by avoiding certain foods amongst which:
- milk & dairy products (with the only exception to yogurt with ferments & probiotics)
- Cereals containing gluten
- red meat
- saturated fats
The following foods are recommended & help keep our bowel clean & not accumulate catarrh:
- CHICKPEAS
- GINGER
- APPLE CIDER VINEGAR
- CARCADE‘
- CELERY
- ZUCCHINI
To reduce the symptoms of sinusitis & reduce notably, seriousness & duration we could use zinc, according to some studies assuming about 75mg of zinc the first day & reducing to 15-20mg per day for a week, manages to reduce by half the duration of the cold; moreover 1g of vitamin C enriched with echinacea a day for 1 week helps reduce the intensity of the symptoms.
WHY MUST WE AVOID MILK & DAIRY PRODUCTS?
Milk & cheese contain casein, a protein that is used to thicken (especially in industrial production), this tends to form a gelatinous mass that becomes very difficult to digest when it reaches our bowel, a daily consumption of this element could lead to damaging our intestinal flora, to a major production of histamine & formation of mucus.
Take a look at our tried and tested method: Anti-Diet
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