toomanypancakes@crazypeople.online to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWhat's your "dealing with allergies" strategy?message-squaremessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your "dealing with allergies" strategy?toomanypancakes@crazypeople.online to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square46linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoYes, that’s how it works. My dad swears by having a little dose of LOCAL honey, which gives him regular exposure to pollens.
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoI don’t know… there’s at least a valid mechanism there.
minus-squareschipelblorp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days ago bee I see what you did there. Regular exposure. Same way allergy shots work. Seasonal allergies exist because they’re seasonal. If they were present year-round, immunity would be much more common. Expose yourself to pollen in bee honey daily, your body won’t freak out as much when it’s finally that time of year.
Yes, that’s how it works.
My dad swears by having a little dose of LOCAL honey, which gives him regular exposure to pollens.
The placebo effect exists!
I don’t know… there’s at least a valid mechanism there.
What would that bee?
I see what you did there.
Regular exposure. Same way allergy shots work.
Seasonal allergies exist because they’re seasonal. If they were present year-round, immunity would be much more common.
Expose yourself to pollen in bee honey daily, your body won’t freak out as much when it’s finally that time of year.