>>1536680one more thing, without revealing too much personal info (not a good idea on a site like 4chan), I would add that hay fever ran in my family: all my siblings still suffer from it and the main differences between them and me is that they're all pretty big (300 lbs) and still eat a standard American diet. It breaks my heart to see them like that, and if I could change their habits, I would, but it seems my sibs don't care. I didn't add that to whine about things I can't change, but to show the contrast that hay fever runs in our family, but with my dietary choices, I have resolved that.
how much? well, I hike a few hundred miles a year without problems. This spring was full of rains so that my area is hell for sufferers of hay fever (more so than previous years) with ragweeds and other wild grasses and trees. but for me, I only sneezed a few times when the first wild blooms came out, after which I adapted and have no problems spending a whole day in the field.
and as best as I can tell, my diet is the main distinction between me and my sibs, and the fact I can hike in ragweed fields with 99.9% no problems, makes me think that diet really was a major factor in my case.
pic: some of the wild grasses growing around my neighborhood. my sibs would probably not make it a mile into this trail without dying of allergies and coughing up mucus.
