What foods are good for allergic rhinitis?

First of all, it must be clear that there is no special food that can cure allergic rhinitis. However, choosing the right foods and adjusting the diet can indeed help most people reduce the body's inflammatory response, reduce the discomfort during attacks, and even reduce the frequency of attacks.

I used to know a young man who worked as an outdoor planner. He suffered from dust mite and pollen allergies for 4 years. From January to April every year, he had to wear two layers of masks even when he went out. His head was numb from sneezing. Last year, he followed a nutritionist to adjust his diet for half a year. When the attack occurred this spring, he even used less than half of the antihistamines he had carried with him.

In fact, I didn’t eat anything fancy. I just ate deep-sea fish two or three times a week, such as salmon, saury, and mackerel. A piece as big as a palm is enough each time. The Omega-3 unsaturated fatty acids in it are very good anti-inflammatory ingredients. Allergy attacks are essentially an “overreaction” of immune cells. These nutrients are equivalent to helping to “cool down” the immune system, so as to prevent it from causing an uproar when it encounters allergens.

It doesn’t hurt to pick more dark-colored fruits and vegetables when grocery shopping, such as blueberries, purple grapes, broccoli, and purple cabbage. The flavonoids in them can help stabilize mast cells—the kind of "little fuses" that release histamine when stimulated, making your nose itchy, your eyes red, and your nose constantly runny. Once it is stabilized, the chain reaction of allergies is less likely to be triggered.

Speaking of this, some people must want to ask, can eating local honey and soaking in magnolia flower water and drinking it can cure rhinitis? There is no unified conclusion on this yet. The supporting view is that local honey contains a small amount of common local pollen components. Long-term ingestion of small amounts is equivalent to mild desensitization. Consistent consumption can allow the body to slowly adapt to pollen stimulation. ； Opponents believe that the pollen content in honey is too low to reach the effective dose for desensitization, and its effect is similar to that of a placebo. There are two completely opposite examples around me. Uncle Zhang in the neighborhood next door has been eating locally produced jujube honey for three years. In previous springs, his allergy to poplar hair has become much less severe. He even has less itchy eyes. ； My colleague's sister has been eating it for more than half a year. During the allergy season, she should keep sneezing or sneezing. If you are not allergic to honey, you can try it, but don't have too high expectations, and don't buy the kind of blended honey with a lot of white sugar added. It is useless and will increase the body's inflammation level.

Of course, don’t forget the most basic premise. If you have done an allergen test and it is clear that you are allergic to a certain type of food, such as mango, seafood, peanuts, etc., you must strictly avoid it no matter how high its nutritional value is, otherwise it will induce rhinitis. Try to avoid eating high-sugar, high-fat, and particularly spicy foods as much as possible. These foods will aggravate the body's inflammatory state. The allergen stimulation that you could have withstood may cause an attack after eating hot pot and drinking a cup of iced milk tea, but don't take it seriously.