It is very rare for a person have an environmental "seasonal" allergy and not have a food allergy. The food allergy, from a food that is usually eaten every day or at minimum a few times a week, has created a constant "tolerable" level of histamine in the body that most people probably don't even notice. Then when the body is forced to deal with more histamine from the environment such as pollen, grasses, ragweed, etc…the body then passes the tolerance mark - because it was already at the limit. Now the symptoms appear. A good analogy is to think of a bucket that is full with water (histamine). Once more water is added (from the environment), then it overflows and out come the symptoms. Lowering the water in the bucket by addressing the food allergy or allergies makes the environmental allergies much more tolerable, even unnoticeable. Strengthening the immune system to help deal with the environmental stressors is also a big help.

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