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  1. The Hygiene Hypothesis The hygiene hypothesis holds that a lack of exposure to germs, allergens, and parasites increases susceptibility to allergic diseases and weakens the human immune system. This explains the sharply rising rate of allergies and asthma in the western wo...
  2. Air-Cleaners: The Coolest Houseplants Ever Did you know that if you keep certain houseplants, those plants will clean pollutants, chemicals and carcinogens out of the air inside your home? How cool is that!? 
  3. Allergy Relief If you are someone who suffers from an illness caused by allergy, then maybe this lens can offer you some tips and ideas on allergy relief.
  4. It's Just Dust Greetings, Humans. We've been watching you. Yes, you in your serious housecleaning outfit, dragging your cute little cleaner caddy from room to room. Clean to your heart's content, but know this: You are outnumbered. Think you've wiped us out, hmmm? T...
  5. Food Allergy Myths Too much of what you hear about food allergies just is not true. There are lots of myths circulating based on popular misconception and not based on actual fact. I'm going to share with you some of these myths and clear the air with the truth.
  6. Allergy Symptoms The symptoms of allergy are most often thought to be runny nose, watery, itchy eyes and sneezing. However, the allergy cells, called mast cells, are found through out the body, including the lungs, the skin, the bladder, the musc...
  7. Managing Your Asthma Asthma is a serious inflammatory lung disease that for unknown reasons is on the rise in primarily industrialized countries. But it is also seen in less developed areas also. It is a disease that more than 20 million people have in the U.S. and 300 m...
  8. Asthma and Allergy - Control Your Symptoms at Home Today we have more choices then ever before, but, the air we breathe is not one of them. We breathe the air that is there, and if it is filled with asthma triggering factors, or allergens, even in low levels, we will have problems. You are completel...
  9. Combating Dust Mites in the Home to Help With Allergies Dust mites are everywhere and are really impossible to absolutely eradicate. They are microscopically small creatures that live on dust. Dust particles are actually shed human skin. Dust mites then devour dust and produce waste. Many people have dust...
  10. Food Allergies Food allergies and sensitivities are among the most common in the world today. People are exposed to foods every day. Most people also do not eat the types of foods our bodies were necessarily designed to eat; if you think about it, in times of old t...
  11. What are allergies? Allergies are your body's reaction to a foreign substance called allergens. There are different types of allergens like pollen, mold, dust mites, foods, latex, animal dander, and certain medications. Whenever your body comes in contact with allergen,...