Tag: Allergies

Raw Honey: A Natural Sweetener With Health Benefits

Consuming honey, nature’s sweet gift freely given through the work and movement of honeybees, gets sweeter in light of its wide-ranging health benefits. If you reach for honey for your cup of freshly brewed tea or to sweeten your homemade desserts, you may already know that science favors honey for its wholesome health benefits versus…


5 Steps to Allergy-Proof Your Home

Plagued at home by sneezing, an incessant runny nose, and watery eyes? You may be 1 of 40 million people who suffer from indoor allergies, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. Luckily, there are ways to get relief. With a bit of planning and a little extra work, your house can…


Could a Too-Clean Society Trigger a Rise in Food Allergies?

Rising rates of food allergies may be the result of environmental factors and a misfiring protection system, propose four immunobiologists from Yale University. A paper published by the scientists in the journal Cell suggests an exaggerated activation of the body’s toxic food protection system in response to environmental factors is behind the increase.(1) They write…