In a few months after the long winter cold and wet, the earth gradually awakening, all plants and trees began to sprout, beautiful flowers and light up our world.But the profusion of blossom also bring us the pollen and seasonal allergies.
For many people, they can profoundly aware of the earth from winter into spring time: their itchy eyes suffused with tears.Nose started to jam a runny nose, and they are in the same times and laughter sneezing frequently.When these symptoms appear one by one, they must start using allergic drug, try to live one day.But have you ever heard of eating local honey can help you get rid of seasonal allergies?
Honey (especially in your area by collecting honey) was proposed to be against the spring allergies often natural way;
However, honey has really can help the effectiveness of seasonal allergies?If we want to answer the question and divide the myths and facts, so we should understand the principle of allergy, honey, manufacturing process and the correlation of these two points.
What is seasonal allergies?
First of all, we must understand the changes what happens in the spring.You can through reading this article aboutSeasonal allergiesPractical article further study this subject, however, first take a look at the overview about the seasonal allergies:
We will let the human imagine for all year round, the office building of energetic.Busy in the office building of staff is our cells.Some cells of the department responsible for muscle action, other department is to make sure we have enough energy to face our day.
All the responsibility is very important to human cells, they are the force behind we can continue to live.Our in vivo and in vitro, however, there are many threats can cause problems:
As there may be a stranger suddenly broke into an office building, or in the building with a water pipe broke and flooded as a result of the internal problems.We might accidentally cut skin or inhaled external molecules and threat for the body, lead to all sorts of problems.
The human body in order to protect us from the impact of these potential threats, we all have the natural security system, that isOur immune system.Immune system like office buildings in the emergency workers, security guards and the scene the first line of immune cells in human body always patrol everywhere, careful attention to think they can hurt us any material, and when they found a potential threat to quickly mobilize, prevent spread of threat and remove it.
They sometimes will also meet some harmless molecules, such as flowers in full bloom of pollen, however, the security system of our body will be removed due to the excessive reaction.The body's immune cells through the whole body to trigger alerts, and sneeze, eyes suffused with tears and a runny nose to temporarily interference all cells work.
In dealing with the "threat", the body's security guards will publish the foreign invasion, as a result, our cells can recognize it next time.And that's why we can predict seasonal allergies.
To relieve allergy condition with immune memory
When the body's immune system need again in the face of pollen, our immune cells to recognize the pollen from the last time the published information.Because of our cells have been dealing with these threats, the memory to allow our immune system to meet similar threats, with better and quicker response to face the problem.
The system in combating threats such as viruses or bacteria is very helpful.Every day we will not face the threat of the virus or bacteria, so our immune systems do not have to repeat dealing with the same problem and feel tired every day and non-inductive.
However, if the same problem happened every day?Our immune cells are likely no longer use a very violent way to combat these problems;They may even naturally gradually adapt to, as we adapt to the staff lounge the cracks on the wall, ceiling or slightly leaking every time it rains will like such a trifle.
When finished the adaptation and adjustment by human behavior, we call it the immune therapy.These skills will help our training body comfortably in the face of molecules such as pollen, the immune system and its coexistence and ignore them.
This is the principle of allergic injection.In continued for a few weeks or months to contain your allergen high dose, we can train the immune system disarmed, no longer struggle against will bring us material of allergic symptoms.
Honey has anything to do in the composition and seasonal allergies
Now that we have learned some knowledge about seasonal allergies,Let's discuss this problem under a protagonist, honey.
Bees in flowering plants, through collecting we call "nectar" liquid to make a lot of sticky substance, and the bees store honey in their extra stomach to bring it back to the hives.
Nectar is stored in the stomach of bees and honey bees other food intake by mixing together, this changed the chemical composition of nectar itself, let the honey can have a longer shelf life.This principle and the way we use jams to prolong shelf life of fruit on the rack or refrigerator.
Once these bees back to the honeycomb, and they will be stored in the stomach, the honey is passed to the other bees, the bees will also nectar in the stomach to transfer to a bee.The bees will continue to pass the honey, until, honeycomb nectar to arrive.
In the last one to add honey bee hives, cellular bees use their wings through evaporation in the way of fast remove excess water in the nectar, sealing honeycomb to store honey.As a result, the bees in winter have sweet food storage is edible, and also in the human diet choice has the ingredients can help to seasonal allergies.
Let's go back to using the theory and method of the honey relieve seasonal allergies.The following is the basic principle of it:
Bees gather nectar in, they will also apply pollen, the pollen in honey.In theory, if we eat honey contains pollen, so our immune system will start to get used to the body of pollen.Our immune system, once you begin to adapt to the ever let it is worried about the material, will stop our immune cells to respond to them.
If we don't have sounded the alarm of immune cells, we won't appear seasonal allergy symptoms, and we can breathe more smoothly.
However,whenThe honey can really improve seasonal allergies?
Let's listen to the bad news: we eat honey does not guarantee that contains pollen.In addition, a lot of plants have pollen, but some plants do not attract bees take them nectar.
In fact, the bees like nectar usuallynotCommon cause seasonal allergies.
Also, if someone is recommended that you use honey intake improve allergies, they should have told you to eat local honey.That is because different areas have different plants, if you live in Arizona, but eat the honey from Alaska, the honey is contained in and floating in your environment are very different.
Most of the time, commercially available local honey has not been a large number of processing, therefore, honey may be mixed in the parts of the body of the bees, little bee venom or bacteria.If you are allergic to bees itself, the consumption of local honey may cause different allergic reaction, increase your allergy problem.
However, don't throw away your honey all first!
We also have good news about honey.In allergy season edible honey there are many other benefits, help you more enjoy this period of time.Honey, for example, can relieve a cough, especially to add it (rather than sugar) to better effect in hot tea.However, don't let the children under one year of age edible honey, because honey may cause botulism and life threatening.
Some studies also with a high dose of honey with general allergy treatment, help relieve seasonal allergy symptoms, and the results of these studies are not the same.However,A small studyFound that large doses, unprocessed honey seems to help troubled by seasonal allergy symptoms, alleviate their pain at least for a short period of time.
Of course, you may need to eat a lot of honey.In the study, participants in a few months at least once a day to eat the 50 to 60 grams (about 2.5 TBSP) unprocessed raw honey.
Conclusion?
Say so many, we have the answer - edible honey can help seasonal allergies?
Honey can help you relieve symptoms, such as cough.And the theory about pollen in the honey is also very reasonable, however, as to improve allergic conditions, we recommend that you still in allergy season ready when you're on your allergy medication.
