Posted on September 8th, 2008 by Craig Maltby, Editor
My Experience: I’m contented while my daughters’ noses are running like faucets
This is my first post about my personal experience in trying to attain immune balance. I have been interested in how this goes because I’m a life-long hay fever sufferer, especially in late August and September when corn and ragweed pollen counts are off the charts around here.
I began in Feb. 08 with a 500 mg EpiCor supplement daily. So, I’ve got about 7 months of that regimen under my belt. As you can see in my author profile, I take several other supplements as well. Plus, I just started in with alpha lipoic acid/acetyl l-carnitine as well. My food/drink intake hasn’t really changed. I strive for a balanced diet, very little white bread/white starches and moderate alcohol intake (my success rate is, I’m sure, spotty on these fronts). My sleep is probably not the best. I’d love to get a solid 8 hours each night, but I’m more like 5 or 6, especially now that Thursday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday night football has started.
So, what’s the scoop so far? I am experiencing next to no congestion. In years past, I wake up with a nose full of dried gunk, get in the shower each morning and have a 2-minute sneezing session, get out of the shower, blow my nose for another 2 minutes then pop a Clariton or Zyrtec. Taking an early morning walk was also a surefire invitation to another sneeze fest.
My only additional anti-allergy measures, beyond supplementation, is to prop up the head of my matress a few inches and also fire up a shot of saline nose spray before I go to bed. Throughout the summer and into Sept (as of today, Sept. 8), I have taken 1 Zyrtec a couple weeks ago when one morning seemed to be unusually bad. My teenage daughters are at the other end of the spectrum: constant hay-fever congestion, with Zyrtec not doing a whole lot. They eat smarter than I do, but probably get even less sleep. I see a new nutrition approach in their future.
If you are working on an immune balance regimen, let me know your experiences. Comment here or email me at the contact page of this blog.
