Health Advice for Women

In the last article on home remedies for allergies we addressed how to remove allergens from your bedroom. Considering you spend at least 1/3 of your life in your bedroom, it makes sense to make this the most allergy free room in the house. Before I move on, there are a few more tips I’d like to add on removing allergens and toxins from the bedroom. Most people are unaware of all the chemicals in new products. Formaldehyde and petrochemicals are off gassing from new furniture, new clothes, new bedding, new carpets, new construction and most new products. I always wash new clothes, bedding, towels and anything that can go in the washer after I purchase it. If you buy solid wood furniture, glass, porcelain or stainless steel you have minimal or no off gassing of chemicals. Anything that’s made from plastics or has a polyester filling like sofa’s, stuffed chairs, mattresses and pillows will off gas chemicals. Furniture made is Europe has much higher standard for VOC’s, but anything you purchase made in China is going to need time to off gas. I try to avoid bringing new products into my house during the winter when everything is closed up, if you can open the windows, your house will have much cleaner air (unless you live in a super polluted area).

The newest findings with allergies and chemical sensitivities is that air door air is the major culprit to most allergies. When I was 21 I took a semester off college and went to Keystone Colorado to work and ski for the winter. I had no allergies that winter! It was a miracle, since I had suffered from allergies my whole life. Looking back, it’s easy to see why I was so healthy. The air is super clean, and I skied for hours everyday. Why did I ever leave!

If you followed all the best allergies home remedies would you be cured of your allergies? Not immediately, but over time if you follow the allergy remedies suggested in this website, you will improve step by step!

The first thing you need to do to improve your allergies with our home remedies is remove as many of the allergens out of your environment as possible. Where do you spend the most time? For most people it’s their home and specifically the bedroom.

Let’s focus on the bedroom first. The mattress, sheets, blankets, comforters and pillow you sleep on or under can be big culprits. I use 100% cotton bedding for sheets, blankets, mattress pad and comforters, and I wash them with hot water often, at least once a week.This helps with getting rid of dust mites, mold spores, and chemicals that can be in the fabric. I also use a cotton mattress cover and not a synthetic cover, polyester or anything that’s not natural is going to off-gas chemical into your air. One problem was with pillows, my cotton pillows got hard as a rock when I washed them, so I used a poly-filled pillow and I wash it monthly. I also have an organic 100% cotton mattress, but they are expensive and hard to find, but worth it if you want to improve your allergies. Some people use a combination of cotton and wool or rubber, which are all natural.

Next look around your room, get rid of piles of book, they are loaded with dust mites and can be musty or moldy. Take down heavy drapes or have drapes you can wash often. Rip out those carpets, I know you have ‘em, and they keep your bare feet warm, but carpets are the worst thing on the planet for allergies. Stay tuned for Allergies Home Remedies – part 2. Did you think you were done