jazzman4259 Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I have moved to Florida and it is killing my sinuses. I have heard that locally grown honey can help this a lot so I want to try some. I am also about to start my Whole30. I know that honey is to be avoided but it would be nice to get some relief for my sinuses. Any ideas????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ladyshanny Posted November 8, 2016 Administrators Share Posted November 8, 2016 What are you supposed to do with it? Like a rinse? Or you're supposed to eat it? If it's anything like taking local bee pollen, the idea is to innoculate yourself slowly to the local pollen by eating grains of bee pollen and slowly building up quantity so that your body builds up the "immunity" to it. If that is what you're after, just eating a bunch of honey, local or not, isn't going to help in the next 30 days. The bee pollen thing (which is Whole30 compliant, btw) takes a few months to become effective. Like.....if your allergy season is in April, you start taking the bee pollen the October beforehand. If you wanted to stick to a Whole30, I would suggest you google other ways to ease sinus pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen_Suep Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 I had a sinus infection during my last week of whole30. It was painful. A few compliant things I did (before breaking down to go to the doc for antibiotics... it was a baaaad infection): nasal rinses (such as a neti pot), xlear (a xylitol saline spray... literally a standard saline spray with xylitol added. Xylitol isn't compliant to eat, but is ok for toothpastes and nasal rinses), bone broth, spicy foods... i was seriously wigged out by the neti pot. But when I tried it, I was pretty happy with the relief I got. Ultimately, I didn't do preventive measures soon enough so I had to take antibiotics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LydiaJo Posted November 8, 2016 Share Posted November 8, 2016 Neti pot year round for allergies. I even have my 15 year old convinced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzman4259 Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 In my reading it is said that relief can happen in as short as a couple of weeks. I have done 2 rounds of antibiotics and steroids and they didn't fix it. Helped some but not fixed it so I am hoping to find a way to help prevent it. The Neti Pot thing is wigged me out also.... Ladyshanny do you think Bee Pollen would be a good option? Thank you all for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen_Suep Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 @jazzman4259 it's so worth it! I had to google how to do it. But seriously try the Xlear. It's pretty good too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators ladyshanny Posted November 9, 2016 Administrators Share Posted November 9, 2016 15 hours ago, jazzman4259 said: In my reading it is said that relief can happen in as short as a couple of weeks. I have done 2 rounds of antibiotics and steroids and they didn't fix it. Helped some but not fixed it so I am hoping to find a way to help prevent it. The Neti Pot thing is wigged me out also.... Ladyshanny do you think Bee Pollen would be a good option? Thank you all for the help. @jazzman4259 - relief in 2 weeks if you are eating local honey? I won't discount what you read but that seems rather optimistic to me. Personally, as someone who moved somewhere new and then had intense allergies, I benefited immensely from taking local bee pollen. But as I said, it's something meant to be started veeeeeerrrrry slowly and well before allergy season. The idea is that you very gently get your body used to the local pollen by consuming it and slowly upping the dose. Then when allergy season ramps up, your body is already used to that particular pollen and you don't have as severe a reaction. (When I say that it is started slowly, I mean you typically start with one or two grains of the pollen and work your way up week by week to a full tbsp) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeadowLily Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 http://forum.whole30.com/topic/39242-can-i-have-water-with-honey-and-lemon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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