Filed under: Advice, Health, Healthy Eating
Each week, holistic nutritionist Joy McCarthy tells us about a common health problem she’s seen in her practice and how she came to a solution.
This Week’s Client: Jenna, a small-business boutique owner and lover of all things dairy (especially cheese and milk).
The Problem: Winter, spring, summer or fall, Jenna has a stuffy nose. After a workout or a shower, she has to blow her nose right away. She has been congested for years and can’t remember the last time she slept comfortably, with her mouth closed, breathing clearly through her nose.
If Jenna’s problem sounds familiar, then you know all too well what it’s like to wake up with a dry, scratchy throat because you slept with your mouth open.
There are various reasons — from allergies and food intolerance, to indoor air pollution and the common cold — for having a chronically congested nasal passageway. But I can assure you that taking antibiotic after antibiotic like Jenna has been doing for years is not going to do anything good for your body, other than strip your gut of good bacteria, which are essential for keeping your immune system strong.
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