Vitamin C, a natural remedy to hay fever

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If you’re suffering from hay fever your are probably familiar with antihistamine drugs.

The thing is that antihistamine drugs can cause drowsiness and are hard on the liver. A liver which is already overloaded by the high histamine levels in the blood vessels. Not many know that something as simple as Vitamin C is a natural antihistamine and a natural remedy to hay fever.

With no side effects or risk for overdosing I definitely prefer vitamin C to commercial drugs.

But how much do you really need?

Of course this depends on your immune system and how severe your allergy is but I’ll tell you how it works for my husband. My husband is allergic to birch pollen and last weekend there were very high levels of birch pollen where we live in south Sweden. On Saturday morning my husband woke up with a runny nose. With breakfast he started taking vitamin C. He took 500 mg every half hour until lunch. This was enough to keep him symptom free all of Saturday AND Sunday.

Since vitamin C is water-soluble there is no need to worry about overdosing. If you get diarrhea, you’re body is telling you that it’s had enough for the day.

Gain energy and lose weight, fast and easy.

Lack of energy? Maybe you’re dehydrated. Did you know that if you only drink 1-4 glasses of water a day, this can lead to dehydration?
With tons of great tasting juices, sodas, coffees teas out there we seam to have forgotten to fill our basic need to drink water.

• If you drink one cup of coffee you need to dink 2 cups of water to get back to the same hydration level as before you had coffee.
• If you drink one cup of soda you need to drink 1 cup or water to get back to the same hydration level as before you had soda.

Pretty scary, don’t you think.

So most of us don’t drink enough water and we slowly but surely get more and more dehydrated.
Reversing the trend gives you a fantastic energy kick!

Drinking water does not only give you more energy, it is a great way to loose weight!

Water contains no calories and no fat. Maybe the biggest reason that you loose weight when you drink water is that you drink less of other things:
Sodas: are full of sugar that makes you fat.
Diet sodas: are full of artificial sweeteners that make you hungrier and subsequently makes you gain weight.
Juice: most juices are full of sugar. If you make your own juice at home with fresh fruits and vegetables that is great! Most other juices, you’re better off without.
Coffee and tea: unless you drink it black with no sugar it’s full of sugar or artificial sweeteners and flavors, which make you fat.

Other reasons that you loose weight when you drink water are:

• Drinking water make you feel full.
• Water increases you metabolism.
• Water cleans you body from toxins.
• Water supports you digestive system.

Drinking enough water does not mean that you can’t drink anything else. Simply start by drinking more water as a part of your overall total wellness. You’ll slowly get used to it an actually prefer to drink water when you are thirsty. The energy increase and weight loss will come by itself. Read more about the benefits of drinking water.

Pedometer, a great tool to get fit through walking

Whether you are following an exercise program or trying to increase you natural exercise an easy tool to measure your progress is a pedometer.

With a pedometer, you can track the steps you take each day. The pedometers count steps. Step counting is a great way to keep active, aiming to increase your towards a goal of 10,000 steps per day. The pedometer is a simple tool and a great motivator.

Here is a simple program to get started on increasing you physical activity through walking.

Week 1

• Wear your pedometer and follow your daily routine.
• Before going to bed record your daily activity
• Record your activity every day during the week

Week 2

• Set a goal that is equivalent of the best day during week 1 and make sure you keep this level as a minimum.
• Create a routine that will allow you to reach your goal.
• Before going to be record your daily results.

Week 3

• Set a goal that will increase your activity from week 2. Depending on your starting point 10-20% is a good goal to set.
• Before going to bed record your daily activity

Following weeks

• Analyze daily routine for success
• Increase your goal weekly and eventually you will reach maximum potential at 6,000 to 10,000 steps a day.

When you’ve come this far, I guarantee you that you will feel more fit and healthy. Walking has so many health benefits and they are now all yours.