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16 ways to beat allergy symptoms

Reduce the number of allergy symptoms you suffer and minimize those annoying symptoms with these pointers

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An anti-allergenic diet

• Choose chicken instead of beef. A two year study of 334 adults with hay fever and 1,336 without found that those who had the most trans oleic acid in their diets, a form of monounsaturated fat found primarily in meat and dairy products, were nearly three times as likely to have hay fever as those who ate the least. Olive oil is OK; although it's got a lot of oleic acid, it's not the "trans" form.

• Eat one orange every morning. They're rich in vitamin C, which acts as a natural antihistamine. Some studies link low levels of vitamin C with allergies. When your allergies are flaring up, consider taking a vitamin C supplement.

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My wife is extremely allergic to monosodium glutanate ( MSG ).....anaphylactic shock. Is anything being done to ban this substance...as, I am told, has been done in Britain? We and our friends have to read ingredient lists carefully, and going out for dinner, especia;;y when travelling is a real adventure. MSG is a flavour enhancer (think Chinese food or canned cream soups) but seems to have no nutritive value.

Submitted by G Dix on Mon, 2012-07-02 6:08pm.