I was given prescriptions for all of these things...inhalers, daily allergy tablets, and nasal sprays. Even when I was young, I thought this couldn't be right. How could a human being be created to live upon this Earth and be dependent upon unnatural daily medicines just to do something normal, like breathe? Therefore, I did not agree with taking daily allergy medicine. I thought something else had to be wrong...
Fast forward into my 30s, when I stumbled upon CrossFit and all that encompasses it, including a Paleo diet…
The Paleo diet is a diet or lifestyle centered on the idea that our ancestors who were hunters and gatherers ate quality meat, vegetables, fruits, nuts and seeds, little starches, and no sugar. The timing for me couldn't have been better. Before knowing about the Paleo diet, I began to consider the fact that people who used to walk this Earth, before modern day food distribution, mass production, and packaged foods ate what they hunted and what grew from the Earth, and how this makes so much more sense as the fuel that our bodies really need.
The Benefits of a Gluten Free Diet on my Allergies:
What Allergies?
- After incorporating a gluten free diet for three weeks, the first thing that I noticed was that I could breathe clearly through both nostrils!
- I don't remember at which point this happened, but the night time chronic coughing attacks stopped! (I had been taking an inhaler at night from time to time because of the uncontrollable coughing.)
- And best of all I could not only breathe clearly, but I could smell again! I first noticed this when I gave a friend a hug. I could smell the yummy smell of her shampoo. Then I realized I could smell the produce in the grocery store, the fragrance of orange orchards driving through the country, and the smell of my own home!
