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What To Do About High Pollen Levels

“My hayfever is driving me mad and antihistamines make me drowsy. I wish there was something natural I could do…I’d do almost anything to get some relief”.  I remembember one of my patients saying these exact words (or at least this is as close as I can remember) to me around this time of the year, when I was first starting out down this path over two decades ago. 

Fortunately there are quite a few good options available where it comes to food supplements. In this short article I will just mention two of them in order to keep this short. 

1. Quercetin. This is a a bioflavanoid antioxidant particularly knowm for being anti inflammatory (which coincidentally is partly why it was also extremely helpful for Covid sufferers during the pandemic). It is found in apple skin, black tea, onions and a number of other foods. With hay fever it is thought to work by preventing the release of the inflammatory chemical histamine from immune cells called mast cells. Histamine is the molecule involved in allergic symptoms such as sneezing and itching. 

2. Vitamin C –  A small 2013 study with 89 people found that when people with hayfever and summer allergies were given  7.5-gram injections of vitamin C, it led to a significant reduction in histamine. This vindicates my own observations after recommending it to customers and friends, namely that taking high dosages of oral vitamin C helps a lot in reducing hayfever symptoms. The fact that vitamin C has countless other benefits for your immune system is of course an added bonus. However the need to take a high a dosage for hayfever relief is a pain for some people, but if you read on, you’lll see I have a solution to that problem.

Here is a nice little article on Vitamin C and Quercetin for hayfever published in The Daily Mail which more or less says the same thing as what I am saying here. 

Introducing Hist X – Combining Vitamin C and Quercetin in a Liposomal form.

Please note, when current stocks run out, the product name will change to “Liposomal Vitamin C and Quercetin” but the product ingredients are not changing. The labelling will look different too, so to avoid confusion, I am not adding any images to this article.  

Regading HistX and Liposomals in general, I could write an entire book on 

1. Why liposomals are at the cutting edge where it comes to nutritional support (hint: it’s to do with superior absorption) and….

2. Why many, in fact most products being marketed as “liposomal” are being marketed misleadingly (hint: it’s to do with the fact that there is currently no standardisation or specific labelling requirements for liposomal manufacturers). 

3. Debunking the absurd claim that “you can make liposomal nutrients at home” which I have seen many times. This claim is plain rubbish. 

3. How I know our liposomal products are genuinely liposomal

But….I am not going to go there today, as today’s topic is hayfever (and summer allergies). But cutting a long story short, when you take liposomal nutrients, a litttle goes a long way –  much further in fact than the equivalent non liposomal form of the nutrient. This is basically because the absorption is vastly higher than with regular supplements, which easily justifies their relatively high cost. 

So in short if you’re suffering with hayfever or summer asthma, try HistX. As for the dosage, the label dose (1 tsp once or twice per day) may be sufficient, especially given the superior bioavailability of liposomal products. But personally, and despite that, I recommend taking two or better still, three times the label dosage, especially if you are one of the 95% of people who only start using products when they are already in trouble with their symptoms, and as a result are requiring as fast a result as possible. In other words, I would take two teaspoons (one tablespoon) two or three times per day, whilst the pollen count is high. Try it, and let us know how you get on.

Is there something else I can do?

Yes. I am not saying everyone needs to do this, as for some people HistX will be enough to get the job done. But if you want to go “the whole hog” try our Hay fever ‘Get Your Sanity Back’ Kit, which combines HistX with two additional products – Lung Cleanse and Oxylift. I know that using a whole kit is pricey compared with shoving harmful and toxic (but cheap) antihistamines down your throat. But this is so much more compatible with your general wellness than using pharmaceutical products, that I think the cost is justified. 

Stay Well!

Best wishes

Mark Lester
Director / General Clever Cloggs
The Finchley Clinic
www.thefinchleyclinic.com