Foods tp eat or avoid for hayfever...

[jridgeback]

Are there any foods which can help prevent or minimise the effects of hayfever, and also are there any foods I should be avoiding which could make the symptons worse ? Thanks.

[spudqueen]

I have heard that eating locally produced honey helps, but as I don't have hayfever myself I don't know for sure.

[joolesbarr]

yes locally produced honey can help but you have to use it often and a long time before the hayfever season starts, try eating as many natural and homemade foods as possible all the additives and chemicals in our everday food causes lots of allergys.

[chazza]

Make tea from lemon balm (try american ebay) and drink at least a cup a day

[Susan123]

hayfever is your immune system reacting to a foreign invader, so you need to strengthen it (the immune system that is!) - you can use among others, echinacea, garlic, vit c.

[kaktus]

You should check with your doctor or an allergy expert. A friend of mine told me that the food from the same group/family of plant you're allergic to can give you a small allergic reaction or make it worse. Unfortunately I can't remember what she said about it, other than if you're allergic to birch you shouldn't have Benjamin's Fig in your house.

 BTW I just checked a website to find tha name of the Benjamin's fig and it said that you should have them at all if you have astma or allergies!