[HANASHIR:2049] Re: HANASHIR digest 414

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Thanks Ellen! Emily

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> From: Esd7657 (at) aol(dot)com
> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
> Subject: [HANASHIR:2048] Re: HANASHIR digest 414
> Date: Wednesday, December 30, 1998 12:22 PM
> 
> To all of you seasonal cold sufferers......
> >From a Cantor and an allergist's daughter - (you'd be surprised at how
many
> "colds" are food allergies of which you are not aware):
> The best remedy is 48 hours of nothing but constant hot, hot water - no
tea,
> no honey, no nothing.  And not just at meal times, but every waking
minute, as
> hot as you can stand to drink it.  It's not delicious, but it does the
trick.
> This happens at this season not because we are singing more, but because
we
> are into alot of party foods, possibly into eating alot more sweets (corn
> syrup sweeteners and dairy foods are big culprits) and different foods
than we
> get into the rest of the year.  Sometimes its wheat and grains - all of
our
> bodies react differently to different foods.  If you are skeptical, then
think
> of it this way.  If we can put medicines in our mouth to cure us, then
why is
> it that we don't believe that some of the foods that we put in our mouths
can
> also cause reactions in our bodies.....
> Try an experiment - once you are "cured" and this starts to happen again,
look
> at what you've been eating for the last 2-3 days.  If you've been into
alot of
> one ingredient, i.e. dairy, pasta, sugar....then try cutting it out until
you
> are better.  If you notice any patterns, then you are onto something that
will
> save you from alot of "colds" for the rest of your life.  
> I know this is a long posting, but it's a good message if it works for
you.  I
> get a "cold" about once every 4 years or so, because I know my own
warning
> signs....
> good luck, and happy new year!
> Ellen Dreskin