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immune system
hayfever syndrome
Nutrition

dietary guidelines

eating principles:
• moderately low fat
• low sugar
• high complex carbohydrates
• protein 12-15% diet, decreasing foods high in arachidonic acid (red meats and dairy products)
• vegan cleansing diet or alkaline juice fasts (3-7 days), followed by a vegetarian diet with emphasis on alkaline forming foods
• elimination/rotation diet, rotation diet, rotation diet expanded

therapeutic foods:
• foods high in flavonoids and carotenoids: dark green leafy vegetables, deep yellow and orange vegetables
• foods that tonify the Lung, dissolve Phlegm and clear Dampness
• increase Silicon foods
• garlic, nettles, ginger, onion, bamboo shoots, cabbage, beet tops, beets, carrots, leafy vegetables, yams (Ni, 101.)

fresh juices:
• beet top tea (Ni, 101.)
• nettle tea (Shefi)
• carrot and spinach (Walker, 140.)
• horseradish and lemon (Walker, 140.)
• carrot, celery, and parsley (Walker, 140.)
• carrot, beet, and cucumber (Walker, 140.)
• pineapple

avoid:
• dairy, wheat, eggs, citrus fruits, chocolate, shellfish (Ni, 101.)
• food intolerances: especially milk, chocolate, wheat, cheese, bananas, peanuts, citrus, food colorings (tartrazine)
(Speer F. Multiple food allergy. Ann Allerg 1975;34:71-76; Ogle KA, Bullock JD. Ann Allergy 1977;39:8-11; Buczylko K, et al. Rocz Akad Med Bialymst 1995;40:568-572.)

supplements

• Vitamin A 10,000-15,000 IU daily, some practitioners start with an initial period using 50,000 IU per day
• Vitamin B5 50-100 mg per day for immune support
• Vitamin B6 50-100 mg three times daily for immune support
• Vitamin B-complex
Vitamin C 1,000 mg three to four times daily, can be to bowel tolerance, to reduce inflammatory response, decrease histamine release by stabilizing mast cells
(Holmes, HM, Alexander W. Science 1942:96:497; Ruskin SL. Am J Dig Dis 1945;12:281; Fortner BR Jr, et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1982;69:484-488.)
• Vitamin E 400 IU per day to balance immune function (Kirschmann, 1984)
Bioflavonoids 2 g generally, three times daily, including Quercitin, 250 mg two to three times daily, to reduce inflammatory response, decrease histamine release by stabilizing mast cells.
(Balabolkin II, et al. Vopr Med Khim 1992;38:36-40.)
• N-acetylcysteine 200 mg three times daily to stabilize mucous membranes and reduce mucous formation
• Zinc 20-30 mg per day
• L-tyrosine, vitamin B6 and niacinamide combination: One study from 1952 tested a combination of L-tyrosine (200 mg), vitamin B6 (2.5 mg) and niacinamide (10 mg) for the treatment of hay fever, hives, allergic headaches and poison oak dermatitis. Significant symptomatic relief was usually obtained by taking one to three tablets four times per day in milder cases or up to six tablets four to six times per day in more severe cases. In some cases characterized by more chronic disorders, such as chronic sinusitis, an exacerbation of symptoms often occurred during the first few days of treatment. This study found that treatment with each the nutrients individually, or with any two in combination, was ineffective.
(Widmann RR, Keye JD. Northwest Med 1952:51:588-590.)



footnotes

Balabolkin II, Gordeeva GF, Fuseva ED, Dzhunelov AB, Kalugina OL, Khamidova MM. [Use of vitamins in allergic illnesses in children]. Vopr Med Khim. 1992 Sep-Oct;38(5):36-40. [Article in Russian]
Abstract: Therapeutic efficacy of vitamins B6, P and E was studied in children with allergic diseases. Bronchial asthma and atopic dermatitis were treated more effectively if maximal doses of vitamin B6 were used. Quercetin was found to be useful for treatment of children with pollinosis in order to correct impairments in metabolism of lymphocyte membrane lipids. Only slight efficacy of vitamin E was detected in atopic dermatitis of children.

Buczylko K, Kowalczyk J, Zeman K, Kardas-Sobantka D, Fiszer A. Allergy to food in children with pollinosis. Rocz Akad Med Bialymst. 1995;40(3):568-572.
Abstract: The investigated group consisted of 56 children with hay fever. The method of evaluation included interview, skin prick tests and elimination-exposure diets. Our data showed that more than half of the examined children were potentially sensitive to basic corn allergens. Currently in about one third of them clinical food allergy symptoms appeared.

Fortner BR Jr, Danziger RE, Rabinowitz PS, Nelson HS. The effect of ascorbic acid on cutaneous and nasal response to histamine and allergen. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1982 Jun;69(6):484-488.
Abstract: The effect of ascorbic acid (AA) on the skin wheal and flare response to histamine and allergen and on the nasal response to allergen was evaluated in eight adults with seasonal allergic rhinitis. The above parameters were measured after 3 days of AA administration (2 gm/day) and again after 3 days of a similar-appearing lactose placebo. An additional study was conducted in which six subjects took 0 (placebo), 1, 2, and 4 gm/day of AA to determine the dose-response effect of AA on histamine skin tests. Overall there was no difference in skin or nasal reactivity between AA and placebo regimens. The findings in this study suggest that AA in relatively high doses would have no beneficial effects on symptoms resulting from allergen exposure and that AA in doses of up to 4 gm/day will not suppress the histamine skin response.

Holmes, HM, Alexander W: Hay fever and vitamin C. Science 1942:96:497.

Ogle KA, Bullock JD. Children with allergic rhinitis and/or bronchial asthma treated with elimination diet: a five-year follow-up. Ann Allergy. 1980 May;44(5):273.
Abstract: Three hundred and twenty-two children under one year of age with respiratory allergy and negative inhalant skin tests were placed on a six-week hypoallergenic diet consisting of Meat Base Formula, beef, carrots, broccoli and apricots. Two hundred and ninety-two or 91% showed significant improvement of respiratory symptom scores during the trial. On subsequent oral food challenge symptoms were reproduced in only 51% of the children. Milk greater than egg greater than chocolate greater than soy greater than legumes greater than cereals were most commonly involved. Skin tests with food allergens rarely correlated with challenge results. One hundred and seventeen or 40% later developed inhalant respiratory allergy. Only 6% of the children studied five years or longer showed any evidence of food sensitivity. The data suggest (1) infants with respiratory allergy will respond to hypoallergenic diet, (2) symptoms may or may not reappear on food challenge, (3) food allergy tends to be "outgrown" and (4) many "grow into" inhalant respiratory allergy.

Ogle KA, Bullock JD. Children with allergic rhinitis and/or bronchial asthma treated with elimination diet. Ann Allergy. 1977 Jul;39(1):8-11.
Abstract: 169 of 188 (90%) of infants with allergic rhinitis and/or bronchial asthma improved on a hypo-allergenic diet. Most "outgrew" their food allergy but many later developed inhalant allergy.

Ruskin SL. High dose vitamin C in allergy. Am J Dig Dis 1945;12:281.

Speer F. Multiple food allergy. Ann Allerg 1975 Feb;34(2):71-76.
Abstract: This paper is devoted to a study of multiple food allergy, here defined as sensitivity to three or more foods. The purpose of the study is to report findings obtained from a study of 250 private patients and to show what type of persons develop this condition, how it affects them, and what their common allergens are. It was found that multiple food allergy occurs in both sexes and at all ages but is more common in boys than in girls and more common in women then in men. The clinical manifestations were much like those caused by the more familiar inhalant allergy but with a much more widespread constitutional disturbance. The great majority of patients (86%) also reacted to such air-borne allergens as molds, pollens, house dust, and animal epithelials. This indicates that food allergy and inhalant allergy are fundamentally the same phenomenon. The common food allergens were such everyday foods as milk, chocolate, corn, egg, tomato, peanut, and citrus fruits.

Widmann RR, Keye JD Epinephrine precursors an control of allergy. Northwest Med 1952:51:588-590.
Abstract: Some 492 patients with symptoms of allergies were treated with tablets containing L-tyrosine (200 mg), vitamin B6 (2.5 mg) and niacinamide (10 mg). In milder cases, symptoms were usually relieved by taking one to three tablets four times per day. In more severe cases, as many as six tablets four to six times per day were needed to control symptoms. Treatment with each the nutrients individually, or with any two in combination, was ineffective. Individuals with hay fever, hives, allergic headaches and poison oak dermatitis generally obtained relief within two to five days. When itching was present, it was usually relieved within four to 16 hours. No side effects of any type were seen. However, in some of the more chronic disorders, such as chronic sinusitis, an increase in symptoms occurred during the first few days of treatment.
(Special thanks to Alan Gaby, M.D., for this citation and abstract)