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Here’s Help For Your Spring Allergies
Do You Have Chronic Back Pain ? These Might Help...
Try these steps to help ease your back pain.
•EaseOutOfBedTo Reduce Pain. By rolling onto your side, hanging your feet off the mattress and using your arms to gently push upright will help to re- duce your pain by 23%.
• Strengthen Bones With Vitamin D. Take a daily supplement with D-3, the most absorbable form. The RDA is 400 IU for under 50 and 60 for seniors.
• Take The Pressure Off. Sitting for long periods exacerbates the problem, so standing and stretching every hour will help.
• Get Relief With Heat.
Using a heat wrap will help to relax tight muscles and im- prove blood flow. Using heat will provide 25% more relief than taking over the counter meds.
• Block Pain With MSM. MSM is a sulfur com- pound that blocks pain sig- nals, boosts blood flow, shuts down spasms and reduces in- flammation. Taking 2-6 grams daily will reduce your pain by 82%.
• Get The Right Mat- tress. A recent study says that people with lower back pain who sleep on medium mattresses – vs. a hard mat- tress – are twice as likely to have less pain.
Vitamin C
Vitamin C makes workouts a breeze! Just taking 500 mg. of Vitamin C an hour before you exercise will lower your heart rate, making any physi- cal activity significantly easier to do.
TLC To The Rescue
Women who relax for 30 minutes daily are three times less likely to develop choles- terol woes.
Keeping stress in check helps your liver control its blood fat production.
Cut Flare-Ups With A Probiotic
Taking probiotics acti- vates the genes that tell your immune system to behave properly – and inactivates the ones that raise your risk of overreacting to pollen.
Probiotics also help heal the digestive tract, soothing system of gastritis and indi- gestion.
Slash Sniffles With Carotenoids
Carotenoids are the pig- ments that give veggies their color. They help block pro- duction of immunoglobulin E, an immune system pro- tein that triggers symptoms.
Banish Symptoms With Apples
Apple peels are rich in polyphenols, natural antihis- tamines that dial down eye redness, congestion and other symptoms.
KO Pain By Cutting Back On Meat
Try to limit your intake of red meat to 3 serving weekly (or less) and fill the protein gap with healthier proteins like chicken, turkey, fish, seafood, beans and eggs.
Eating a lot of red meat can increase your production of inflammatory prostaglandins, thus increas- ing your allergy symptoms.
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