Xlear for Allergies and Asthma

Everywhere across the country when we talk to people they report that their region is the allergy capital of the world. Allergies are increasing in developed nation by up to 30% annually. Why is this and what can we do about it?

There are lots of suggestions. The hygiene hypothesis suggests that we are too clean and shows that children exposed to more pollens and germs in their early life, like before 6 months, have fewer allergies. Having brothers and sisters, or pets, or a barn on the other side of your bedroom are all protective.

Some think it is related to air pollution. But the air in East Germany was very polluted before the wall fell and Germany united. Since unification the air has cleaned up, but allergies and asthma have increased. The authors of a study on asthma discharges from the hospital in Charleston showed dramatic increases beginning in 1970, but could not find any environmental change that correlated with this time period.

Certainly there is a genetic component. If parents were allergic their children are more likely to have the problem as well. But, like in most areas, genes are much more likely to influence rather than determine a person ’s allergic problems.

As much as pondering over its causes we should also be pondering over what to do about our allergies. Medicine has taken a view that the symptoms are the problem and have concentrated on turning off allergic symptoms with drugs. But researchers are showing us two things that we need to pay attention to that are ignored in this approach:

• The irritants that cause allergies often look like dangerous toxins to our immune systems.
• The nasal problems of congestion and runny nose are our immune system ’s attempts to wash out the irritant.

When we recognize these two facts we can better understand that the allergic response is our body’s defense against nasal irritants and germs—it’s trying to wash them out. We can also realize that the use of drugs to block this defense may be short-sighted. If we hobble the defense of our favorite team they are likely going to lose the game, and it’s the same with our noses.

Supporting your defense is a much wiser choice when it’s available. And now there is a way to support our defensive nasal cleaning.

Concentrated solutions containing sugar-like substances that cannot be absorbed have been shown to stimulate a runny nose. Used regularly in small doses such treatment washes the nose of the irritants that trigger most allergies.

One such sugar-like substance is xylitol, which has also been shown to decrease the ability of many harmful bacteria to hold on to our tissues in the back of the nose.

A concentrated solution of xylitol is like soap for the nose. Sprayed regularly into the nose it not only keeps the nose clean reducing allergens, but reduces the number of bacteria there as well.

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