With Spring firmly upon us, you may already be following my Seasonal Allergy treatment protocol – but I also wanted to share the super easy way to hold off hay fever that I use every day.
I spend 2-3 hours a day in the fully glory of nature with my horses. That’s my Belgian mare, Audelina, in the picture at the end of the post, and you can see that nature is blooming, sprouting and pollinating all over the place!
Here’s what I put every morning into my BlenderBottle to bolster my immune system by utilizing nature’s anti-histamine and immune boosters:
Anti-Allergy Shake
- 1.5 cups Raw coconut water or milk of choice (almond, coconut, or cashew)
- 1-2 tbsp. Udo’s oil
- 1 scoop of chocolate sprouted rice or whey protein
Then add:
- 1 scoop of MultiAbsorb Immune
- 2 Pycnogenol capsules (100 mg)
- 1 CoQ10 capsule (100 mg)
- 2 Quercetin capsules (1,000 mg)
- 1 Potassium capsule (99 mg) or nano-sized Potassium
- 1 B-Complex capsule
- 1 multi-vitamin
- 1 tsp. greens powder (right now I’m using Moringa)
OR
Shake and go!
Tip: If you are not using MultiAbsorb Immune (just one scoop as opposed to opening and emptying a bunch of capsules!), here is a tip for you. When I get my pycnogenol and CoQ10, I mix them together in one bottle, as they are easily distinguishable by color – so I only have to open 1 bottle, rather than 2! You may also want to swallow the B-Complex capsule separately, if you’re picky, as it has the strongest taste.
Of course, if you usually have a fruit and/or veggie smoothie for breakfast, you can just throw all these items in before you blend it.
If you have some Vitamin C and you tolerate it well, you could also throw that in. I usually have a packet of Emergen-C with my lunch.
Even when the cottonwood fluff is thick as snowflakes in the air, this shake will hold off the itchy, runny nose, and red, itchy, runny eyes. And if my eyes do get a bit prickly, then a couple drops of Similasan Homeopathic Allergy eyedrops does the trick. If you have severe allergies, then take 1,000 mg of Quercetin several times per day. One of my readers has taken 12,000 mg per day for years and reports no adverse effects from the high dosage.
Thanks for the nice recipe for shake. Would this shake be ok for IBD, or during flares?
Hello AV,
Thank you for your inquiry. Most of these ingredients are used for IBD as well. The only thing is if your symptoms are so severe that you need to do the elemental diet than you wouldn’t want to do any milks or green powders in it. The Listen to Your Gut and IBD Remission books can give you more information to help guide you to decide if your symptoms are severe enough to need to do a full elemental diet. If you have anymore questions on it please let us know.
Kind Regards,
Rachel
Customer Care
I would use your mix; however, I would only use a protein whey, and not a whey isolate. Also, make sure that my B complex is a whole food complex, with folate and not folic acid!!
Nice Magdalena! Great that you’re listening to your body and doing what feels good to you. Happy Spring/Summer!
Hey Jini
So I basically purchased the sunwarrior sprouted rice protein powder. Today did a shake at home, added some spirulina, kale, banana and probiotics,
In about 3/4 hours I started having an allergy to the point I had to call ambulance. They injected me steroids as I was having anaphylactic reaction…
Am a little bummed and shocked about it so I thought to write you a comment – does it ever happen with the powder?
I’d love to continue on the shakes for my mild Crohn’s disease but seems like I need to figure out a better way
Best
Do
Hi Do – yours is the first report of that we’ve had. But you also added a lot of other things to the shake, so it could be any of the ingredients… Not sure you’d want to risk testing though since your reaction was so severe. If you’re going to try any other plant proteins, I would proceed with caution. The other issue is that anaphylaxis is usually a very rapid reaction – usually within a few minutes. Perhaps you should consult an allergy specialist for more info/suggestions?
Thank you Jini, will try to do so
Hi Jini,
Will the recommandation above work for kids allegies? My 6 years old son has allergies to:
– Birch tree pollen
– grass pollen
– Ragweed
Also, will the dosage be the same for kids?
Thank you so much!
Tatiana S.
Hi Tatiana! That sounds like me as a kid! I was allergic to everything! From personal experience what I would say on this is that you may want to consult a doctor on DAO. I have tons of info on it. Taking DAO with Jini’s shake can be super beneficial. https://blog.listentoyourgut.com/how-to-use-dao-for-natural-allergy-relief/
This combination helped me regulate my immune system and histamine. If you check with a doctor on the dosage of these items for your child’s age, then you have a great starting point!
Here are the formulas used for calculating child dosing – depending on how old the child is:
https://solutionpharmacy.in/pediatric-dosage-calculations-formulas/
Jini recommends the #4 Young’s formula.
So check that out as well!
-Linsy
Hey Jini
So I basically purchased the sunwarrior sprouted rice protein powder. Today did a shake at home, added some spirulina, kale, banana and probiotics,
In about 3/4 hours I started having an allergy to the point I had to call ambulance. They injected me steroids as I was having anaphylactic reaction…
Am a little bummed and shocked about it so I thought to write you a comment – does it ever happen with the powder?
I’d love to continue on the shakes for my mild Crohn’s disease but seems like I need to figure out a better way. Here is the aseptic technique
Best
Do
Hello! I’m so sorry to hear you suffered from such a serious reaction. We have not had anyone write in with such a reaction to the probiotic powders, however, a Herx reaction can be a common side effect when introducing a new probiotic strain or strains. This is why we always recommend starting low and slow, meaning a very low dosage while slowly working your way up to the desired dose. It’s hard to pinpoint what product caused your severe reaction, but if you had just purchased the Sunwarrior protein powder and have never used it before, I wonder if this may be the culprit. Did your physician run any allergy tests to see what may have been the underlying trigger?