Another thing to add your list of elimination, sugar- especially processed bleach and modified. I switched to honey, raw sugar, naturally sweet food. That alone made a huge difference, not only allergies but also whole variety of health issues.
Absolutely! Sugar, or rather added processed sugar, is bad. Naturally occurring sugars not so much usually because the food that contains it is a higher fiber food.
with the gluten thing... I have noticed the exact same reaction! allergy like symptoms but no diagnosis of gluten intolerance. that got me doing my own research and I came across the suggestion that it's NOT actually the gluten we're having reactions to but the glyphosate that's doused on the wheat we consume! so, I've found with sticking to all organic forms of wheat, there are zero issues!😁👍
If our local grocery didn't have in house baked organic wheat sourdough I would not eat bread either. Most other breads give me issues, organic or not.
I agree that the chemicals in wheat and milk are toxic. I grew up on homemade bread with wheat from a specific source, and milk from our cow or goat which I usually handmilked myself. You are your own doctor, and your food is your medicine. Ancient saying.
@@vegahunter8 my daughter is the same way... I tried that approach with her, but she still had issues. It all just depends on our own unique body chemistries I guess! .....wish this thing came with a manual!🤔🤪....
@@acebilbo LUCKY!😕 Unfortunately, it seems the vast majority of people are raised with the dependency mindset of consumerism and wouldn't know their arse from a hole in the ground if you stuck them in the woods and told them to be free! LOL Reestablishing that relationship with the land and nature - the way we are supposed to live and thrive - is becoming apparent as being the ONLY way humanity will survive without self-destructing! Simple, clean living and forming a self reliant, symbiotic relationship with the Earth is definitely the way to go! I hope you have shown your family the gratitude they deserve and you can continue this lifestyle and pass it on to the next generation!😊💜
Who woulda thunkit? Mr. Haritan Wandering around in Racoon for some time, 20 min. from home. Spent much coin on various 'shroom books, countless length of time on the net over the yrs. And THEN i 'discovered' him somewhat serendipitously, living in Richmond Va. at the time. Selfless individual, tons and tons of free stuff. Totally jealous of the mellifluous latin, hypnotic listening in general, darn near 'Guided meditation'. Jumped on the mushroom class when it became more 'economical', Boss 'let' me for my B-day present. Probably cheaper than all the books in aggregate actually. If You are serious about learning, ESPECIALLY a relative newbie, I couldn't speak more highly of that series as a resource. NOT an expert at anything, but had the series been around when first dabbling, the cost would have been CHEAP compared to a liver/kidney transplant! 😂 Thanks so much, Adam
What a high point in my day!! You connected the dots for me AND you are 100% correct (in my case). By maintaining high health by being completely gluten free, dairy free, fermentation free and high histamine food free, sugar free (mostly) 😀 and plant based. I live in SW FL where the tropical weather is allergy central. The difference between before the diet changes and after is INCREDIBLE for allergies and life in general. Thank you!!
nice!! it's so satisfying to not be a smoker anymore!!! I quit in one day about 8 years ago, went out to the car and heard myself wheeze... immediately threw the rest of my pack away and never smoked again
@@susiemiller2621 I used to smoke a pipe - started in University and I thought it was "safer" than cigarettes, and also looked "cool." When I caught a terrible case of the flu one winter about ten years ago, and couldn't breathe (!) I quit cold turkey, and slowly my health returned. I'm almost 72 now, and all my allergies disappeared! I kept my last unopened pouch of tobacco as a reminder - still have it, and will never open it!
@@kbjerke Affirmative, nicotine can be medicinal but also highly addictive and regular recreational use is very bad for your health. Vaping likely ups the heavy metal toxicity even worse per my environmental neurologist.. BAAAD shit. Much depends on individual ability to neutralize toxins. Only about 3% of humans have a perfect genome to do so. They are the lucky folks who have the metabolism of a modern day real superman who can smoke, drink and get bit by venomous anything, and still usually kick it in the pants, no problem. The rest of humanity has varied broken genes in their own toxicity pathways which makes them more vulnerable, THAT is a known driver of chronic deadly inflammatory diseases. Functional medicine works to heal but pharma just treats inflammatory symptoms for profit til death do you part. Pharma saves lives in the ER where it belongs and truly works miracles.
Even if we only have slight adverse affects from different types of foods; while our immune system is fighting against them and then allergy triggers are introduced I think it just overwhelms our immune system. If our immune system isn't so busy fighting things we eat then I think it can fight harder against things we breathe. I've been about 95% gluten free for 10 years and have cut my dairy intake way back over last few... allergy issues are much improved 😊. 🤔Not too impressed with the histamine food list to eliminate...🤣🤣🤣. Most of those foods have so many good benefits. Thanks for sharing all your research, it truly is a blessing!!!
You can control a histamine problem easily by taking a DAO enzyme with meals to support the break down of excess histamine. That yummy extra flavor of left overs... THAT is the magic of histamine. You can also take non histamine producing probiotics. ABP1 is a really good one. (I have a dirty DAO gene so I cannot produce it on my own. I depend on this to keep me from going chronic inflamed, which over decades, slow cooks your organs and vascular system...very bad, if unchecked, for optimal health!)
Thank you!! This is my first spring with a totally dairy and gluten free diet. I generally have minor spring issues ei: slight runny nose, scratchy throat. But not this year yet!! Never realized the possibility of a connection till now. Eliminated them one at a time last year just to see what would happen and never felt better in so many ways. Now this to...go figure. Also this year have been making dandelion tea and red clover tea. Trying to identify stinging nettle. Again, thanks for your amazing info :)
Since i been watching your videos, i am not afraid to try to eat my weeds. I also have purchased several books and guides to edible wild plants, and i love them all. It gives me information on how to use them and what time of year, as well as the region to find them. And combined with your Videos, i am a Winner when SHTF, situation. I am ahead of the food shortage crisis by having fresh vegetables weeds from my property. Thank you so much for your encouragement in this. I am allergic to plantain weeds, but i now eat them once every three weeks, to control my allergies. It's working so far.
One of the best things I've done to combat inflammation is cutting down on oil consumption. Especially canola and vegetable oils which are generally minimum of 30-1 omega 6&9 to 3.. That and cutting dairy + barefoot grounding in nature w breath work / wim hif method.
@@Eueueyw There is good evidence that omega 3 can help with it.. And ingesting oils or hydrogenated fats that are then used in the creation of cells, leads to cells that can nit store or transmit electrical energy. Excess positive electrical charge in the body is a huge part of inflammation. Watch Healing is Voltage by Jerry Tennant ( Naturopath)
It’s funny that I found this video. I’ve been on a low histamine diet for several months now. I was just thinking it’s weird that my seasonal allergies haven’t been bad so far this year. I guess this video explained it. Thanks for the quality information.
Hey Folks, I would like to add 2 comments/opinions to this content. 1. Avoid heating honey. It may be more beneficial for some to drink the tea then take a spoonful of honey raw & plain after finishing the tea. 2. Rinse and gargle with warm salt water every day to reduce mucus.
something folks might like to consider, along with the beauty of finding your medicine growing nearby, there is a pretty well-founded idea in energy medicine, that “seasonal allergies” are connected to trauma ( which can be very simple, but not to the sufferer), and that the triggering “trauma” is activated in the season it happened. A lot of us have traumas, it turns out, that happened in spring. No mystery, if you consider it is the season of mating... and all such permutations of energies, emotions, and events. Tapping, and “faster EFT” has been really helpful to me.
very good site, not pretending to have the perfect answer but empowering the viewer. Even though I don't live in the States so some of the plants are not so well known where I live (UK), I take note of the recommendations. I knew about gluten and dairy but has never heard about food triggering histamine. There is always something to learn on this channel and I am a keen subscriber.
Another very nice video. I gravitate to you videos more than others concerning foraging because you lay out a myriad of useful information in a very easy way to understand. I've used your knowledge in my supplementation process many, many times. Some include selfheal and stinging nettle
Learn your Land, i was sick for 7+ yrs with various symptoms ranging from frequent urination, excruciating joint pain, severe asthma attacks and of course severe stomach issues. After yrs of seeing specialists, I was encouraged to remove gluten from my diet by a family member and after 6 wks my symptoms began to alleviate. Now they are basically gone. Docs diagnosed me with copd, Gerd, arthritis and bladder issues. They pumped me full of proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics none of which helped. I was puffing on a rescue inhaler 10 X a day. It's amazing that the whole time gluten was the culprit. Also, I think I read that artemisia is also good to treat allergies.
Totally agree with your approach! By eliminating gluten and dairy (about 10 years ago now), my body is no longer always congested, so when pollen season hits, it can handle the extra stress. We've added the stinging nettle component the last year and that has been wonderful. I was not aware of foods being high in histamine so that is a new resource--thank you!!!
Brought in some stinging nettle from my brothers place last season and now have a healthy patch growing. Knew some benefits from it, but didn’t know it aided in the relief of allergies. Whatta’ plant! Thanks for your input and suggestions.
Hello Adam! I realize this video is not about mushrooms, but I have no other way to ask you this question. Could you PLEASE do a video or even just respond with information about cauliflower mushrooms? I know they grow where I hunt (Northern Maryland and southern Pennsylvania) but haven't seen one in several years and the only videos I have seen are for Western United States. Interested in the time of year and trees /habitat associated. I hope you see this and know that you are my FAVORITE person to get information from and share information with friends about our fungal and plant families. 💞💫 Much love and many hugs your way!
Eating a lot of green vegetables helps my allergies, too. I think because many of them have quercitin in them, which also helps with allergies. Chocolate is a huge trigger for me, after I eat some I get a sore throat and stuffy nose from things that don't usually bother me. It and coffee are actually fermented, so maybe that's why.
I subbed today,lookin for stingingnettle. I`m in a lifestyle change and prolong fasting is part of it, diet as well. Doing keto has worked on many issues due to my allergi. Nice channel.
Thank you for sharing this information, its good to know its actually beneficial to have the windows open. If folks do use stinging nettle in any form, please ensure that you are sourcing sustainably, whether purchasing or gathering. Some species of butterflies rely on using the undersides of nettle leaves to lay their eggs. We saw a decline in a few species of butterflies after over harvesting happened in populated areas here in Portland, Oregon. Help our pollinators by growing your own or purchasing from a sustainable source!
Adam thank you so much for imparting all your wise and lived knowledge! I drink nettle tea on a regular basis. I don't get allergies or even ill. And that is since i started using them. Peace bro
Can you harvest & use stinging nettle after it flowers? I read that you shouldn't but not sure if that's true. I grow it in my garden and was also wondering if after flowering the plant chemistry changes, can you cut it down and regrow it and then reuse it? Thanks!
I just watched the video about stinging nettle I am more interested in foraging than ever.id love to hook up with a foraging expert for advice and learn about foraging for food and +. I am an avid gardener. I grew up on a vegetable farm but know almost nothing about wild edible plants. My grandfather even with one hand would spend a great deal of time gathering dandelion plants and preparing them with bacon or salt pork. He had considerable skills for foraging of which I didn't have much appreciation for at that time. He past away a long time ago and his skills died with him and I could use his skills at this time.
It's not east to give up cereals, i've been trying for a few years. First year i forgot to give up beer and recently i noticed there is some form of wheat in the vegan candy i buy for the kids (which i snack on). I also ate by mistake a few times some vegan ben and jerries but it had wheat in it. I've been vegan for around 20 years so i'm kind of used to giving things up. So now i'm also giving up spirits which leaves me mainly with wine cider and some less strong liqueurs, (they say to also give up spirits). I get super itchy, runny eyes, sometimes they skin over when i rub them and can feel like needles poking in my eyes. I also get asthma when things get really bad. The other night i accepted an impromptu dinner at a friends but it was wheat pasta, I had been coming fairly well but the very next day i had chronic sinusitis and developed a nasty cough, causing me to cough up lots of phlegm. Now, a few days later i'm regretting the pasta meal. After watching this i'm dumping spirulina in my tea and running out to the garden to get some nettles. I have tried nettles before and had been harvesting them and drying them a few years back. However i have not yet tried the combo of all of the above.
Stinging nettle infusion is one of my faves! I have cut back on gluten and it helps me too. I haven’t totally eliminated but will try. I don’t take any meds either. Big pharma is not too happy with us! Docs always want you to take drugs.
Could you do a video on how you process stinging nettle for tea, and cooked like you would for spinach? How do you deal with the needles when eating the plant. Thank you for the video. As always, very informative.
I have extremely bad allergies and what has worked well for me is eating Red Dead Nettle. Found out by accident, collected some while looking for morels. It was even messing with my allergies when my gf was cutting it up so I was afraid to try it. She cooked it into a pot of chilli after eating that my allergies were all but gone for the better part of a year.
Goldenrod is naturally astringent. It dries you from the throat up. It tends to dry allergy symptoms up pretty fast for myself and my daughter, who has hay fever as certain allergies.
Much appreciated bro, I've been getting rocked by allergies in the last couple years. Looking forward to trying this out. I'll gladly give gluten the axe if this reduces symptoms.
Same symptoms with dairy for me, especially with milk. I sneeze or have itchiness in the nose when drinking it. I'm not lactose intolerant but this happens infrequently.
Thoughts on substituting purple dead nettle for stinging nettle? And if so, would dried purple dead nettle be effective in addition to fresh. Is there any risk for people sensitive to oxalates?
Hopefully someone else who knows a little more about purple dead nettle will answer, too. I know that it's medicinal, but I don't remember what for. But I do remember that a lot of the healing properties of stinging nettle are actually from the chemicals that cause the sting. So, my first thought is that they are probably complimentary, but probably not interchangeable. But again, hopefully someone else who knows a little more detail will answer, too.
I know this won't sound sane, but I got rid of my allergies with a very natural product in one shot (I have nothing to sell, but I like to create suspense) Your method is definitely a great indication of what we should not eat. I'm quite a few steps behind... Here it is: It will sound extreme (...it kinda is...) but it worked like a charm for me: Bees pollen. The extreme part: eat the whole bottle/bag (equivalent of 60 or more caplets) in one day. You won't eat much else but if you suffer enough it's totally worth it. You can even convince yourself -actually a good idea to test it first- by taking just a little instead of anti-histamines. 1-2 caplets or 2 spoons work about the same as one dose of anti-histamines in my experience. I'm not kidding, it's really worth the try! Quick note: You might need to try a few different brands and I suspect the reason for that is what pollen bees have access to and what affects you.
Reduce dairy, gluten, and histamine rich foods during peak allergy season which increasing stinging nettle tea with local honey to combat allergy reactions
🎵Ohhh ice cream you're the devil! You're leading me astray, over hills & mountains and to an early grave...🎵 - i'm sure the Clancy brothers meant this instead of whiskey😂 😅
The best cure is to but drops of aloevera in your nose or hazelnut oil. you have to use it before you get exposed to environment of the allergy source. if you try it after the allergy episode occurred it will help to reduce it but it won't stop it. You must sniff the drops hard that it will go deep to your sinus. I had sever allergy and nothing helped me except this.
Adverse reactions to gluten in the absence of classical gluten enteropathy are not uncommon at all. A similar comment can be made concerning lactose, milk proteins, etc. and fruit reactions during pollen season. So, you're not at all odd. However, if you feel ill in any way after consuming tyramine-containing products, you should see a competent doctor of medicine (internist) for further evaluation.
I'm a huge fan of the Eat Right for Your Blood Type Encyclopedia. It's great for noting the differences in our physiological response to different foods based on blood type (both things one should include and reduce/exclude from their diet). Worth a gander if there's a copy in your local library. Thanks for the video.
I am fine when Grass Pollenates. I am fine when Flowers and even Weeds pollenate... I am OK when Leafy trees flower and pollenate... BUT when Pines Pollenate... OY... I am instantly having all sorts of issues. LUCKILY, pine pollen is not extremely small and a screen in the window is better than a closed window on a hot spring/summer day...
Great timing - one of my kids was just diagnosed with allergies to a few tree pollens. Do you find you need to do these things year-round or that you can just start them a few weeks before allergy season to set yourself up for success? Also, do you have a recommendation for brands for the nettle tea/infusion? Thanks so much for this helpful video!
I find the addition of Nettle tea very odd considering that the main poisonous chemical in the stinging hairs is ... histamine ! I know that the hairs break down when cooked, but the chemicals are most probably still here.
Note on gluten: My wife noticed that when we traveled in Europe, she never had problems when eating bread. Once back in the States, she noticed her symptoms returning. Some investigation led to this possibility - so-called gluten intolerance may actually be a reaction to glyphosate (roundup). Europe has, for many years now, banned the use of roundup. No such luck here in the great capitalistic US where lobbyist money is more important than your health. The terrible reality is that non-organic farmers HEAVILY spray their crops with roundup shortly before harvesting. Why? Because doing so brings the crop to seed and the dying plants result in softer stalks, reducing wear and tear on the harvesters. End-result? Farmers save money, YOUR health suffers. I always like looking for root causes (no pun intended).
Rhinitis is a runny nose. -initis = inflamed, inflammation of Rhin- = nose (rhino) Rhinitis is an inflammation of the nasal passages which makes the symptom of a runny nose.
What about kombucha? I make and drink a lot of it, could it be causing my allergies to be worse? I have had about the worst reaction this year, and I didn't drink it last year. I am guessing because it is fermented...
So... I do kinda have a dissenting theory for the first two. What if its pesticide contamination rather than gluten and dairy. Think about it, what do these two classes of food have in common? They're both commonly mass produced by big food companies and are staples of the western diet. Some pesticides like round up have been known to be bioaccumulative. They build up in the tissues of living things. So in theory lets say you have a big wheat or corn farm, that farm is a monoculture and not genetically diverse so the farmer uses roundup or something inorganic that the body of a cow or sheep can't break down into other compounds, for conveinance they make a deal with a big dairy farm to sell the straw as cow feed and the grain is sold to a company that makes mass manufactured bread. The cows eat the straw, they get roundup in their system, it builds up in their bodies and is secreted in their milk. So the milk goes to be tested and the wheat goes to be tested. The FDA hasn't banned Round Up because the concept of a GRAS (generally accepted as safe) list is stupid. The round up infested bread and milk end up on the plate of someone who's sensitive to inflammation who has an inflammatory reaction because pesticide is a bitch, their guts get inflammed and upset (by guts I mean both stomach and intestines) and they mistake it for gluten or dairy intolerance. Of course, I am not a doctor or chemist or dietician. This theory was arrived at using publically available information and controversy involving pesticides especially roundup. That said, I have to say a few words about the history of Gluten and Dairy, words that are neither for or against but provide context to the debate. Humans have only been eating dairy and wheat for around ten thousand years. And we are the only species that drinks milk after infancy. In order to digest wheat, we need to process it by sprouting it, grinding it, drying it, and using yeast to partly digest it. The cellulose in grass could make us very sick, that's why wheat grass presses remove the cellulose (I would love to see if I could weave with those long ribbons that come out.) We can't digest it! Gluten is the protien from wheat grains. Its what gives bread its structure, it and the fiber make it filling, and wheat can be stored for over a decade, possibly several in the right circumstances. So it was emergency food for our ancestors in what is now the Sahara desert. The Sahara used to be a green grassland with a bunch of huge lakes in it, and this is what archeologists have inferred from ruined villages and storecaves. Those lakes began to dry up and seep underground (and that's why you can dig very productive wells in the Sahara, the lakes became aquifers; that water is just of a limited supply, its called "fossil water" and when its gone its gone.) Its believed a change in the earth's axial tilt is what triggered this. The people who lived there hunted and foraged and raised goats. And one of their emergency foods was the seeds that later became our cereal crops. As the sahara dried up, they had to rely on these seeds and their goats (including their milk) more and more. Eventually they began storing goat milk in bags made from the goats stomach, which caused the milk to curdle, separating into curds and whey. They would have molded the curds into balls and dried them in the sun, then stored them in caves where they fermented, creating the first cheeses. The wheat seeds gradually became bigger and bigger, and were stored in caves. When those caves flooded, yeast that had infested the seeds became active. The resulting liquid was similar to wine or beer, and because it felt good they drank it. But they also discovered that if you ground those soaked seeds into a paste and dried it in the sun or over a fire, it rose, became much more palatable, and became crusty and fluffy. Salt was eventually added to both these recipes when they had access to it because salt inhibits spoilage bacteria and molds. Eventually the Sahara dried up, and most of the people living there left. A few remained behind and adapted to the desert climate. Its believed these people are the same who initially settled Egypt and the fertile crescent. Wheat and dairy were emergency foods, developed over generations before the advent of modern refrigeration. And its the same with all fermented foods. Our bodies need special help to process gluten and dairy properly. But we made them basic staples of our diet and then changed the recipe to include chemicals. It makes sense that these would make our bodies a bit edgy, so in spite of offering an alternative, Adam's inference based on research and his personal experience is quite valid.
Is their anything good about Gluten.I think its a protein we could all do without.Maybe its just a money saver for the people that manufacture are food
I had allergies as a child and nose bleeds because of them, yep I was that kid, running beet-red nose, scratchy voice, wheezing, coughing and mucus producing, rubbed raw eyes, etc. I was able to do a treatment where my doctor gave me ever increasing doses of the stuff I was triggered by (mainly tree and grass pollens) until I had built up an immunity to it/them. Don't get me wrong if I go swimming in a tall field of grass I'll get a bit irritated but the treatment worked 95% for me. I still find myself tempering my behavior in pollen filled environments due the the lessons nature taught me as a child though. Allergies are miserable for those who suffer them chronically. Adams got some crazy good info and tips here, I could have used this about 40 years ago, LOL. :)
Another thing to add your list of elimination, sugar- especially processed bleach and modified. I switched to honey, raw sugar, naturally sweet food. That alone made a huge difference, not only allergies but also whole variety of health issues.
Absolutely! Sugar, or rather added processed sugar, is bad. Naturally occurring sugars not so much usually because the food that contains it is a higher fiber food.
with the gluten thing... I have noticed the exact same reaction! allergy like symptoms but no diagnosis of gluten intolerance. that got me doing my own research and I came across the suggestion that it's NOT actually the gluten we're having reactions to but the glyphosate that's doused on the wheat we consume! so, I've found with sticking to all organic forms of wheat, there are zero issues!😁👍
If our local grocery didn't have in house baked organic wheat sourdough I would not eat bread either. Most other breads give me issues, organic or not.
I agree that the chemicals in wheat and milk are toxic. I grew up on homemade bread with wheat from a specific source, and milk from our cow or goat which I usually handmilked myself. You are your own doctor, and your food is your medicine. Ancient saying.
@@vegahunter8 my daughter is the same way... I tried that approach with her, but she still had issues. It all just depends on our own unique body chemistries I guess! .....wish this thing came with a manual!🤔🤪....
Be very careful giving out that advise. It is NOT correct. Glyphosate is an additional toxin.
@@acebilbo LUCKY!😕 Unfortunately, it seems the vast majority of people are raised with the dependency mindset of consumerism and wouldn't know their arse from a hole in the ground if you stuck them in the woods and told them to be free! LOL
Reestablishing that relationship with the land and nature - the way we are supposed to live and thrive - is becoming apparent as being the ONLY way humanity will survive without self-destructing! Simple, clean living and forming a self reliant, symbiotic relationship with the Earth is definitely the way to go!
I hope you have shown your family the gratitude they deserve and you can continue this lifestyle and pass it on to the next generation!😊💜
I just recently subbed from watching your older video. Didn't expect a haircut!
Love from Hancock County, WV.
Who woulda thunkit? Mr. Haritan Wandering around in Racoon for some time, 20 min. from home. Spent much coin on various 'shroom books, countless length of time on the net over the yrs. And THEN i 'discovered' him somewhat serendipitously, living in Richmond Va. at the time. Selfless individual, tons and tons of free stuff. Totally jealous of the mellifluous latin, hypnotic listening in general, darn near 'Guided meditation'.
Jumped on the mushroom class when it became more 'economical', Boss 'let' me for my B-day present. Probably cheaper than all the books in aggregate actually.
If You are serious about learning, ESPECIALLY a relative newbie, I couldn't speak more highly of that series as a resource. NOT an expert at anything, but had the series been around when first dabbling, the cost would have been CHEAP compared to a liver/kidney transplant! 😂
Thanks so much, Adam
I am 43 and I don't even recall sneezing. Nettle tea every spring.. Wild lettuce ... Millein.. Local honey wild strawberries. That's what I use.
Yes indeed about NOT closing your windows ! HVAC ducts are next to impossible to keep mold free if the ambient humidity is over 30%
What a high point in my day!! You connected the dots for me AND you are 100% correct (in my case). By maintaining high health by being completely gluten free, dairy free, fermentation free and high histamine food free, sugar free (mostly) 😀 and plant based.
I live in SW FL where the tropical weather is allergy central. The difference between before the diet changes and after is INCREDIBLE for allergies and life in general. Thank you!!
When I quit smoking, *many* years ago, my seasonal allergies vanished. I believe that says something.
Thanks for the video, Adam!!!
yes, smoking ups a person's toxic payload BIGLY. Congratulations! Not easy to quit, much less not restart over the years.
nice!!
it's so satisfying to not be a smoker anymore!!!
I quit in one day about 8 years ago, went out to the car and heard myself wheeze... immediately threw the rest of my pack away and never smoked again
@@susiemiller2621 I used to smoke a pipe - started in University and I thought it was "safer" than cigarettes, and also looked "cool." When I caught a terrible case of the flu one winter about ten years ago, and couldn't breathe (!) I quit cold turkey, and slowly my health returned. I'm almost 72 now, and all my allergies disappeared! I kept my last unopened pouch of tobacco as a reminder - still have it, and will never open it!
@@kbjerke Affirmative, nicotine can be medicinal but also highly addictive and regular recreational use is very bad for your health. Vaping likely ups the heavy metal toxicity even worse per my environmental neurologist.. BAAAD shit. Much depends on individual ability to neutralize toxins. Only about 3% of humans have a perfect genome to do so. They are the lucky folks who have the metabolism of a modern day real superman who can smoke, drink and get bit by venomous anything, and still usually kick it in the pants, no problem. The rest of humanity has varied broken genes in their own toxicity pathways which makes them more vulnerable, THAT is a known driver of chronic deadly inflammatory diseases. Functional medicine works to heal but pharma just treats inflammatory symptoms for profit til death do you part. Pharma saves lives in the ER where it belongs and truly works miracles.
Even if we only have slight adverse affects from different types of foods; while our immune system is fighting against them and then allergy triggers are introduced I think it just overwhelms our immune system. If our immune system isn't so busy fighting things we eat then I think it can fight harder against things we breathe. I've been about 95% gluten free for 10 years and have cut my dairy intake way back over last few... allergy issues are much improved 😊. 🤔Not too impressed with the histamine food list to eliminate...🤣🤣🤣. Most of those foods have so many good benefits. Thanks for sharing all your research, it truly is a blessing!!!
You can control a histamine problem easily by taking a DAO enzyme with meals to support the break down of excess histamine. That yummy extra flavor of left overs... THAT is the magic of histamine. You can also take non histamine producing probiotics. ABP1 is a really good one. (I have a dirty DAO gene so I cannot produce it on my own. I depend on this to keep me from going chronic inflamed, which over decades, slow cooks your organs and vascular system...very bad, if unchecked, for optimal health!)
Thank you!! This is my first spring with a totally dairy and gluten free diet. I generally have minor spring issues ei: slight runny nose, scratchy throat. But not this year yet!! Never realized the possibility of a connection till now. Eliminated them one at a time last year just to see what would happen and never felt better in so many ways. Now this to...go figure. Also this year have been making dandelion tea and red clover tea. Trying to identify stinging nettle. Again, thanks for your amazing info :)
Well, stinging nettle must be one of the easiest plant ever to identify xD. Pro tip of the day, if it stings when you touch it, it's stinging nettle !
Since i been watching your videos, i am not afraid to try to eat my weeds. I also have purchased several books and guides to edible wild plants, and i love them all. It gives me information on how to use them and what time of year, as well as the region to find them. And combined with your Videos, i am a Winner when SHTF, situation. I am ahead of the food shortage crisis by having fresh vegetables weeds from my property. Thank you so much for your encouragement in this.
I am allergic to plantain weeds, but i now eat them once every three weeks, to control my allergies. It's working so far.
One of the best things I've done to combat inflammation is cutting down on oil consumption. Especially canola and vegetable oils which are generally minimum of 30-1 omega 6&9 to 3.. That and cutting dairy + barefoot grounding in nature w breath work / wim hif method.
There’s no good evidence that omega 6 causes inflammation
@@Eueueyw There is good evidence that omega 3 can help with it.. And ingesting oils or hydrogenated fats that are then used in the creation of cells, leads to cells that can nit store or transmit electrical energy.
Excess positive electrical charge in the body is a huge part of inflammation. Watch Healing is Voltage by Jerry Tennant ( Naturopath)
Western Pa here too!!! I do exactly what you do for allergies. I’ve been gluten free for 18 years it’s huge for inflammation in the body.
Took a group hike with you several years ago, you’re wonderful! Thank you!
It’s funny that I found this video. I’ve been on a low histamine diet for several months now. I was just thinking it’s weird that my seasonal allergies haven’t been bad so far this year. I guess this video explained it.
Thanks for the quality information.
Adam... This is so fantastic. So great to know!
Your vast knowledge has to be shared.
I know I will!!!
Hey Folks, I would like to add 2 comments/opinions to this content.
1. Avoid heating honey. It may be more beneficial for some to drink the tea then take a spoonful of honey raw & plain after finishing the tea.
2. Rinse and gargle with warm salt water every day to reduce mucus.
I don't have allergies but that video was very informative and might be able to help other ppl I know, thanks Adam
I have allergies, and I learned a lot from this. Thank you
Yep, it is all about the terrain. Thank you Adam for sharing your experience and knowledge with us. Best wishes mate.
something folks might like to consider, along with the beauty of finding your medicine growing nearby,
there is a pretty well-founded idea in energy medicine, that “seasonal allergies” are connected to trauma ( which can be very simple, but not to the sufferer), and that the triggering “trauma” is activated in the season it happened. A lot of us have traumas, it turns out, that happened in spring. No mystery, if you consider it is the season of mating... and all such permutations of energies, emotions, and events. Tapping, and “faster EFT” has been really helpful to me.
very good site, not pretending to have the perfect answer but empowering the viewer. Even though I don't live in the States so some of the plants are not so well known where I live (UK), I take note of the recommendations. I knew about gluten and dairy but has never heard about food triggering histamine. There is always something to learn on this channel and I am a keen subscriber.
Thanks a million for passing your knowledge on ✌🏻❤️✊🏻🏴
Another very nice video. I gravitate to you videos more than others concerning foraging because you lay out a myriad of useful information in a very easy way to understand. I've used your knowledge in my supplementation process many, many times. Some include selfheal and stinging nettle
It's almost like our bodies are telling us to go out and eat whats ripe in nature. Instead of processed food.
This sounds like it might help my mother. She has the WORST Allergic Rhinitis! We are also in western Pa.
Learn your Land, i was sick for 7+ yrs with various symptoms ranging from frequent urination, excruciating joint pain, severe asthma attacks and of course severe stomach issues. After yrs of seeing specialists, I was encouraged to remove gluten from my diet by a family member and after 6 wks my symptoms began to alleviate. Now they are basically gone. Docs diagnosed me with copd, Gerd, arthritis and bladder issues. They pumped me full of proton pump inhibitors and antibiotics none of which helped. I was puffing on a rescue inhaler 10 X a day. It's amazing that the whole time gluten was the culprit. Also, I think I read that artemisia is also good to treat allergies.
Totally agree with your approach! By eliminating gluten and dairy (about 10 years ago now), my body is no longer always congested, so when pollen season hits, it can handle the extra stress. We've added the stinging nettle component the last year and that has been wonderful. I was not aware of foods being high in histamine so that is a new resource--thank you!!!
If you are a blood type A, eliminating those foods Adam mentioned can help greatly. Definitely helped me!
Thanks! Always value your expertise. I would like to add quercetin to your advice. It calms those met cells right down. Does wonders for me.
Brought in some stinging nettle from my brothers place last season and now have a healthy patch growing. Knew some benefits from it, but didn’t know it aided in the relief of allergies. Whatta’ plant! Thanks for your input and suggestions.
Hello Adam! I realize this video is not about mushrooms, but I have no other way to ask you this question. Could you PLEASE do a video or even just respond with information about cauliflower mushrooms? I know they grow where I hunt (Northern Maryland and southern Pennsylvania) but haven't seen one in several years and the only videos I have seen are for Western United States. Interested in the time of year and trees /habitat associated. I hope you see this and know that you are my FAVORITE person to get information from and share information with friends about our fungal and plant families. 💞💫 Much love and many hugs your way!
Eating a lot of green vegetables helps my allergies, too. I think because many of them have quercitin in them, which also helps with allergies. Chocolate is a huge trigger for me, after I eat some I get a sore throat and stuffy nose from things that don't usually bother me. It and coffee are actually fermented, so maybe that's why.
I subbed today,lookin for stingingnettle. I`m in a lifestyle change and prolong fasting is part of it, diet as well. Doing keto has worked on many issues due to my allergi.
Nice channel.
Thank you for sharing this information, its good to know its actually beneficial to have the windows open. If folks do use stinging nettle in any form, please ensure that you are sourcing sustainably, whether purchasing or gathering. Some species of butterflies rely on using the undersides of nettle leaves to lay their eggs. We saw a decline in a few species of butterflies after over harvesting happened in populated areas here in Portland, Oregon. Help our pollinators by growing your own or purchasing from a sustainable source!
@K Barnes That's awesome!
Adam thank you so much for imparting all your wise and lived knowledge! I drink nettle tea on a regular basis. I don't get allergies or even ill. And that is since i started using them. Peace bro
Can you harvest & use stinging nettle after it flowers? I read that you shouldn't but not sure if that's true. I grow it in my garden and was also wondering if after flowering the plant chemistry changes, can you cut it down and regrow it and then reuse it? Thanks!
very nice.. thank you for sharing 💚
I just watched the video about stinging nettle I am more interested in foraging than ever.id love to hook up with a foraging expert for advice and learn about foraging for food and +. I am an avid gardener. I grew up on a vegetable farm but know almost nothing about wild edible plants. My grandfather even with one hand would spend a great deal of time gathering dandelion plants and preparing them with bacon or salt pork. He had considerable skills for foraging of which I didn't have much appreciation for at that time. He past away a long time ago and his skills died with him and I could use his skills at this time.
It's not east to give up cereals, i've been trying for a few years. First year i forgot to give up beer and recently i noticed there is some form of wheat in the vegan candy i buy for the kids (which i snack on). I also ate by mistake a few times some vegan ben and jerries but it had wheat in it.
I've been vegan for around 20 years so i'm kind of used to giving things up. So now i'm also giving up spirits which leaves me mainly with wine cider and some less strong liqueurs, (they say to also give up spirits).
I get super itchy, runny eyes, sometimes they skin over when i rub them and can feel like needles poking in my eyes. I also get asthma when things get really bad.
The other night i accepted an impromptu dinner at a friends but it was wheat pasta, I had been coming fairly well but the very next day i had chronic sinusitis and developed a nasty cough, causing me to cough up lots of phlegm.
Now, a few days later i'm regretting the pasta meal.
After watching this i'm dumping spirulina in my tea and running out to the garden to get some nettles. I have tried nettles before and had been harvesting them and drying them a few years back. However i have not yet tried the combo of all of the above.
Good suggestions! I will try them.
Stinging nettle infusion is one of my faves! I have cut back on gluten and it helps me too. I haven’t totally eliminated but will try. I don’t take any meds either. Big pharma is not too happy with us! Docs always want you to take drugs.
Great timing! The last two weeks have been rough. Definitely will try some nettle tea.
Could you do a video on how you process stinging nettle for tea, and cooked like you would for spinach? How do you deal with the needles when eating the plant. Thank you for the video. As always, very informative.
You look really healthy bro
Locally grown raw honey 1 tsp per day. That's all you need. ( I also agree with being gluten free)
I have extremely bad allergies and what has worked well for me is eating Red Dead Nettle. Found out by accident, collected some while looking for morels. It was even messing with my allergies when my gf was cutting it up so I was afraid to try it. She cooked it into a pot of chilli after eating that my allergies were all but gone for the better part of a year.
Goldenrod is naturally astringent. It dries you from the throat up.
It tends to dry allergy symptoms up pretty fast for myself and my daughter, who has hay fever as certain allergies.
For dairy, I've noticed that A2 grass fed products don't bother me at all. Anything else causes a reaction. Raw milk is great!
Much appreciated bro, I've been getting rocked by allergies in the last couple years. Looking forward to trying this out. I'll gladly give gluten the axe if this reduces symptoms.
Stinging nettle root, is also very good at helping us to remove histamines out of our bodies, but yes diet is the most important
Thank you, Adam.
Thank you for this video 🙏
Thanx 4 sharing this! Bless U!😊💞
Same symptoms with dairy for me, especially with milk. I sneeze or have itchiness in the nose when drinking it. I'm not lactose intolerant but this happens infrequently.
Thoughts on substituting purple dead nettle for stinging nettle? And if so, would dried purple dead nettle be effective in addition to fresh. Is there any risk for people sensitive to oxalates?
Hopefully someone else who knows a little more about purple dead nettle will answer, too. I know that it's medicinal, but I don't remember what for. But I do remember that a lot of the healing properties of stinging nettle are actually from the chemicals that cause the sting.
So, my first thought is that they are probably complimentary, but probably not interchangeable.
But again, hopefully someone else who knows a little more detail will answer, too.
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I know this won't sound sane, but I got rid of my allergies with a very natural product in one shot (I have nothing to sell, but I like to create suspense)
Your method is definitely a great indication of what we should not eat. I'm quite a few steps behind...
Here it is: It will sound extreme (...it kinda is...) but it worked like a charm for me: Bees pollen. The extreme part: eat the whole bottle/bag (equivalent of 60 or more caplets) in one day.
You won't eat much else but if you suffer enough it's totally worth it. You can even convince yourself -actually a good idea to test it first- by taking just a little instead of anti-histamines. 1-2 caplets or 2 spoons work about the same as one dose of anti-histamines in my experience.
I'm not kidding, it's really worth the try!
Quick note: You might need to try a few different brands and I suspect the reason for that is what pollen bees have access to and what affects you.
You are so on point. Thank you
Can you do a 'what I eat in aay' (so without the dairy-gluten-fermented), please! Love
Reduce dairy, gluten, and histamine rich foods during peak allergy season which increasing stinging nettle tea with local honey to combat allergy reactions
Pretty pretty pretty good video
🎵Ohhh ice cream you're the devil! You're leading me astray, over hills & mountains and to an early grave...🎵
- i'm sure the Clancy brothers meant this instead of whiskey😂
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Local Honey 🍯
The best cure is to but drops of aloevera in your nose or hazelnut oil. you have to use it before you get exposed to environment of the allergy source. if you try it after the allergy episode occurred it will help to reduce it but it won't stop it. You must sniff the drops hard that it will go deep to your sinus. I had sever allergy and nothing helped me except this.
Thank you..
Where could I learn more on making your nettle tea?
Grains and dairy create mucus in the body. Makes sense it would contribute to allergies.
Adverse reactions to gluten in the absence of classical gluten enteropathy are not uncommon at all. A similar comment can be made concerning lactose, milk proteins, etc. and fruit reactions during pollen season. So, you're not at all odd. However, if you feel ill in any way after consuming tyramine-containing products, you should see a competent doctor of medicine (internist) for further evaluation.
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Consuming honey and it has to be local from the area you live, can decrease seasonal allergies. Buy local honey not store bought.
Surprise! Food IS medicine! The best kind.
you would have close your doors last summer in Oregon the fires are so bad you could not breathe
Hey I would love to know your take on cannabis.
I'm a huge fan of the Eat Right for Your Blood Type Encyclopedia. It's great for noting the differences in our physiological response to different foods based on blood type (both things one should include and reduce/exclude from their diet). Worth a gander if there's a copy in your local library. Thanks for the video.
I am fine when Grass Pollenates. I am fine when Flowers and even Weeds pollenate... I am OK when Leafy trees flower and pollenate... BUT when Pines Pollenate... OY... I am instantly having all sorts of issues. LUCKILY, pine pollen is not extremely small and a screen in the window is better than a closed window on a hot spring/summer day...
Great timing - one of my kids was just diagnosed with allergies to a few tree pollens. Do you find you need to do these things year-round or that you can just start them a few weeks before allergy season to set yourself up for success? Also, do you have a recommendation for brands for the nettle tea/infusion? Thanks so much for this helpful video!
How do you make the tea?
I find the addition of Nettle tea very odd considering that the main poisonous chemical in the stinging hairs is ... histamine !
I know that the hairs break down when cooked, but the chemicals are most probably still here.
I've heard that spirulina can potentially cause health problems. Something about the wrong kind of amino acids?
Note on gluten: My wife noticed that when we traveled in Europe, she never had problems when eating bread. Once back in the States, she noticed her symptoms returning. Some investigation led to this possibility - so-called gluten intolerance may actually be a reaction to glyphosate (roundup). Europe has, for many years now, banned the use of roundup. No such luck here in the great capitalistic US where lobbyist money is more important than your health. The terrible reality is that non-organic farmers HEAVILY spray their crops with roundup shortly before harvesting. Why? Because doing so brings the crop to seed and the dying plants result in softer stalks, reducing wear and tear on the harvesters. End-result? Farmers save money, YOUR health suffers. I always like looking for root causes (no pun intended).
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Rhinitis is a runny nose.
-initis = inflamed, inflammation of
Rhin- = nose (rhino)
Rhinitis is an inflammation of the nasal passages which makes the symptom of a runny nose.
I live in Wisconsin where we consume lots of gluten, dairy, fermented food and beverages. LOL I'm doing everything wrong.
What about kombucha? I make and drink a lot of it, could it be causing my allergies to be worse? I have had about the worst reaction this year, and I didn't drink it last year. I am guessing because it is fermented...
Fasting helps too
After implementing dietary changes, how long would one expect their body to adjust and begin to feel the potential benefits?
So... I do kinda have a dissenting theory for the first two. What if its pesticide contamination rather than gluten and dairy. Think about it, what do these two classes of food have in common? They're both commonly mass produced by big food companies and are staples of the western diet. Some pesticides like round up have been known to be bioaccumulative. They build up in the tissues of living things. So in theory lets say you have a big wheat or corn farm, that farm is a monoculture and not genetically diverse so the farmer uses roundup or something inorganic that the body of a cow or sheep can't break down into other compounds, for conveinance they make a deal with a big dairy farm to sell the straw as cow feed and the grain is sold to a company that makes mass manufactured bread. The cows eat the straw, they get roundup in their system, it builds up in their bodies and is secreted in their milk. So the milk goes to be tested and the wheat goes to be tested. The FDA hasn't banned Round Up because the concept of a GRAS (generally accepted as safe) list is stupid. The round up infested bread and milk end up on the plate of someone who's sensitive to inflammation who has an inflammatory reaction because pesticide is a bitch, their guts get inflammed and upset (by guts I mean both stomach and intestines) and they mistake it for gluten or dairy intolerance.
Of course, I am not a doctor or chemist or dietician. This theory was arrived at using publically available information and controversy involving pesticides especially roundup. That said, I have to say a few words about the history of Gluten and Dairy, words that are neither for or against but provide context to the debate.
Humans have only been eating dairy and wheat for around ten thousand years. And we are the only species that drinks milk after infancy. In order to digest wheat, we need to process it by sprouting it, grinding it, drying it, and using yeast to partly digest it. The cellulose in grass could make us very sick, that's why wheat grass presses remove the cellulose (I would love to see if I could weave with those long ribbons that come out.) We can't digest it! Gluten is the protien from wheat grains. Its what gives bread its structure, it and the fiber make it filling, and wheat can be stored for over a decade, possibly several in the right circumstances. So it was emergency food for our ancestors in what is now the Sahara desert.
The Sahara used to be a green grassland with a bunch of huge lakes in it, and this is what archeologists have inferred from ruined villages and storecaves. Those lakes began to dry up and seep underground (and that's why you can dig very productive wells in the Sahara, the lakes became aquifers; that water is just of a limited supply, its called "fossil water" and when its gone its gone.) Its believed a change in the earth's axial tilt is what triggered this. The people who lived there hunted and foraged and raised goats. And one of their emergency foods was the seeds that later became our cereal crops. As the sahara dried up, they had to rely on these seeds and their goats (including their milk) more and more. Eventually they began storing goat milk in bags made from the goats stomach, which caused the milk to curdle, separating into curds and whey. They would have molded the curds into balls and dried them in the sun, then stored them in caves where they fermented, creating the first cheeses. The wheat seeds gradually became bigger and bigger, and were stored in caves. When those caves flooded, yeast that had infested the seeds became active. The resulting liquid was similar to wine or beer, and because it felt good they drank it. But they also discovered that if you ground those soaked seeds into a paste and dried it in the sun or over a fire, it rose, became much more palatable, and became crusty and fluffy. Salt was eventually added to both these recipes when they had access to it because salt inhibits spoilage bacteria and molds. Eventually the Sahara dried up, and most of the people living there left. A few remained behind and adapted to the desert climate. Its believed these people are the same who initially settled Egypt and the fertile crescent.
Wheat and dairy were emergency foods, developed over generations before the advent of modern refrigeration. And its the same with all fermented foods. Our bodies need special help to process gluten and dairy properly. But we made them basic staples of our diet and then changed the recipe to include chemicals. It makes sense that these would make our bodies a bit edgy, so in spite of offering an alternative, Adam's inference based on research and his personal experience is quite valid.
I wonder if kefir falls into the 'bad' or 'good' category here?
I have no known allergies. I could literally take bundle of pollen and snort it haha
i have seasonal allergies
Is their anything good about Gluten.I think its a protein we could all do without.Maybe its just a money saver for the people that manufacture are food
I had allergies as a child and nose bleeds because of them, yep I was that kid, running beet-red nose, scratchy voice, wheezing, coughing and mucus producing, rubbed raw eyes, etc. I was able to do a treatment where my doctor gave me ever increasing doses of the stuff I was triggered by (mainly tree and grass pollens) until I had built up an immunity to it/them. Don't get me wrong if I go swimming in a tall field of grass I'll get a bit irritated but the treatment worked 95% for me. I still find myself tempering my behavior in pollen filled environments due the the lessons nature taught me as a child though. Allergies are miserable for those who suffer them chronically. Adams got some crazy good info and tips here, I could have used this about 40 years ago, LOL. :)
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I bang my head against the wall.and my sinuses drain immediately.
Drink much Water between meals n use Celtic salt rather than table salt. And eat right....fruit n vegys !
Aye shout out gluten free / dairy free!
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7:50 In vitro only? That is no proof of anything, unfortunately...
Plenty of anecdotes exist. Well who could argue with that? Checkmate, *scientifically-minded people*.