Consuming Small Amounts of Honey Produced By Bees Indigenous To Where You Live Can Help Reduce Alleviate Allergies

Consuming Small Amounts of Honey Produced By Bees Indigenous To Where You Live Can Help Reduce Alleviate Allergies

Many people claim to get relief from seasonal allergies (hay fever) symptoms by drinking local honey before the onset of allergy season. How is this possible? Local honey – honey produced as close to where you live as possible – has small amounts of “local” allergens that have been delivered by the bees that gathered pollen from trees, flowers, and plants in your area. When one consumes small amounts of allergens specifically related to the region where one lives, the idea is that one can build immunity to them. It works like an allergy shot. When someone gets an allergy shot at their doctor’s office, they are actually getting small amounts of different allergens.

It is recommended that a person purchase honey that was produced as close to their home as possible. This way, it ensures that it will contain the allergens they are exposed to on a daily basis. They should also begin drinking the raw honey several months before allergy season begins so as to build up immunity to the allergens – before they arrive.

In the beginning, it is recommended that a person take very small doses to see how they will react and then gradually increase. People with severe allergies may have a severe allergic reaction to the allergens in the raw honey. Eventually, one should drink about two teaspoons of the raw honey per day. To get the maximum effects, the local honey should be unheated, unpasteurized, and raw. However, anyone under the age of one should never consume raw honey. Raw Honey contains Botulinum spores which hardly ever affect adults. However, infants have less mature gastrointestinal tracts which may allow the spores to germinate and lead to botulism.

Besides reducing seasonal allergies, raw honey has many other as well. Raw honey can help ease digestion, relieve constipation, and may even reduce cancer. Raw honey is also great in relieving morning sickness and great for sore throats. And best of all, there are virtually no risks or side effects with taking raw honey compared to over the counter medications.

To find the most local honey, you may contact a local bee keeper or go to the next farmers market. Try to get the raw honey that is closest to home. Immunizing yourself to allergens that you are never exposed to carries no benefits. It is also recommended that you don’t plant any plants that you know you are allergic to. To build immunity, you must be exposed in small doses. Large doses of allergens will only increase your likelihood of developing worse allergies to them.

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