A New Approach to Seasonal Allergies

I always have allergies either in May or June every year. This year it was May. Just this week I came down with severe allergies -- sneezing and blowing and feeling just awful. Anyway, just recently I had read a lot of information about Linus Pauling and his research on vitamin C. And since I like to do everything naturally, I decided to try high doses of vitamin C to see if it would help with my symptoms.

Yesterday I took 10 grams in divided doses throughout the day. I started out with a very runny nose and sneezing and feeling really sick and rundown. I gradually improved throughout the day. My nose quit running by early afternoon and by early evening I could breath through my nose. I slept well last night and didn't wake up sneezing.

Today I still am experiencing allergies but the symptoms are under control. I don't have to blow my nose every few minutes -- in fact I haven't blown my nose all morning. The allergies aren't gone but they are at a level that is much more tolerable. I am still taking the vitamin C at very high levels and I'll see how things go. I'm pretty optimistic.

If you take more vitamin C than you need, it will cause diarrhea. But when your body needs vitamin C to fight off allergies or a virus you can take very high doses without this lovely side effect. I took 10 grams yesterday with no ill effects. I am going to try a little higher dosage today to see what happens.

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