Hay fever ,very common allergy in France, is in my mind very related to the
stapple food there , wheat.
Wild grasses and wheat are very much closely related and it might be
possible that the protein present in the pollen of wild grasses being very
similar to the protein in wheat, is  triggering the immune system to start
an elimination crises of those unused molecules stored in the body. The
runny nose should be welcomed , in the case of wheat consumption, it helps
to lessen the damage.
People who don't have the strengh of being "allergic " to unsuitable foods
prepare themselves to more permanent damage  like autoimmune processes
where the body is becoming "allergic" to itself.
Be glad to have an allergic nature, just correct the problem at its source
 unsuitable foods)
jean-claude




>I can only share my experiences with allergies. I was tested
>and reacted positive to all the plant pollens they tested
>for. Corn was included. I live in a town surrounded by corn
>fields and every year when the corn "topped," I knew it
>without looking. I went paleo earlier this summer and for
>the first time in my life, I had no reaction to the corn
>pollen!! It never occurred to me that there could be a
>correlation between my allergies and the food I was
>consuming. Now I believe that, at least in my case, there
>was a definite connection. The dust mite allergies I can
>manage easier since I'm not fighting all the pollens.
>--
>Betty Ann
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>Proverb