.
>>> MELANIE IS FEELING IT, I'M
FEELING IT.
THERE IS NO DOUBT.
DOCTORS AT AMERICAN FAMILY CARE
IDENTIFIED THE TOP FIVE HABITS
THAT CAN MAKE YOUR ALLERGIES SO
MUCH WORSE.
THEY CAN AGGRAVATE YOUR SYMPTOMS
EVEN IF YOU NEVER HAD ALLERGIES
BEFORE.
JOINING US NOW IS Dr. MARK
SMITH FROM AMERICAN FAMILY CARE
TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT.
SOME OF THESE I DON'T LIKE,
Dr. SMITH.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
YO
>>> YOU HAVE SOME IDEAS AND SOME
PROVEN THINGS THAT REALLY MAKE A
DIFFERENCE.
WELL THAT CAN MAKE IT WORSE.
THE FIRST ONE IS, NEED TO LAYOFF
THE ALCOHOL.
ALCOHOL MAKES IT WORSE.
>>> ALCOHOL CAN MAKE IT WORSE.
A DANGEROUS STUDY THAT HAS SAID
THAT ALCOHOL ACTUALLY EACH
DRINK, ONE DRINK PER WEEK OF
ALCOHOL CAN ACTUALLY INCREASE
THE RISK OF HAVING ALLERGIES BY
3%.
>> REALLY?
>> JUST ONE DRINK A WEEK.
>>> ONE DRINK A WEEK, 3%.
>>> THE BACTERIA AND THE YEAST
AND ALCOHOL INCREASES THE
HISTMIN RELEASE AND THAT IS THE
CHEMICAL THAT CAUSES THE ALLERGY
RESPONSE IN OUR BODY.
>>> IS IT ALL ALCOHOL CONSIDERED
THE SAME?
OR LIKE WOULD WINE BE BETTER
THAN?
>> THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
ALCOHOL -- CHOOSE YOUR ALCOHOL,
BUT DECREASING THE ALCOHOL
INTAKE, DURING ALLERGY SEASON
WOULD DECREASE YOUR SYSTEMS.
>> Nikki: THAT ONE I KNOW A
LOT DON'T WANT TO HEAR THIS,
THIS ONE IS GOOD.
APPARENTLY YOU SHOULD NOT MAKE
YOUR BED.
MAKING YOUR BED CAN MAKE THINGS
WORSE.
>>> I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG
GROWING UP AND MY MOM SAID MAKE
MY BED, BUT YES, MAKING YOUR BED
ACTUALLY CAN MAKE YOUR ALLERGIES
WORSE.
THERE IS DUST MITES THAT ARE IN
OUR BEDS, WE HATE TO THINK THAT,
BUT DUST MIDS REEASE ALLERGENS
AND WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR BED
YOU'RE TUCKING IN THESE PESKY
CRITTERS.
BY AIRING OUT YOUR SHEETS IN THE
MORNING, WOULD DECREASE THE DUST
MITES AND DECREATE ALLERGY.
>> NUMBER THREE IS WEAR YOUR
CONTACTS.
>> CONTACT AND I'M A CONTACT
LENS WEARER.
>> ACTUALLY YOUR CONTACTS ARE A
FOREIGN BODY.
FOREIGN BODIES IN THE BODY
ATTRACT, YOU KNOW, DUST AND
POLLEN.
SO THAT POLLEN STICKS TO THE
CORNEA AND THE POLLEN CAN
ACTUALLY STICK TO THE CORNEA AND
TOUCHES YOUR EYE AND IT
INCREASES YOUR ALLERGY.
>> THOSE GET IN THERE.
>>> MAKES THE EYE TEAR MORE AND
MAKES THEM RED AND WORSEN YOUR
ALLERGY.
>>> THE NEXT ONE IS WE WANT TO
AVOID SERB FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
SPECIFICALLY TOMATOES AND
APPLES.
>>> I'M A BIG FRUIT AND
VEGETABLE LOVER.
I LOVE FRUITS ASK BUT INCREASING
AND EATING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
AWAK
ALASKAGY FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
EATING FUTURE ARES AND
VEGETABLES OR CERTAIN PROTEINS
IN THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
ACTUAL.
RESPONSE TO RAG WEED SUFFERERS
AND MAKE THEIR MOUTH ITCHY AND
SCRATCHY.
>>> I HOPE MY MOM IS WATCHING
BECAUSE SHE HAS AN ISSUE WITH
RAG WEED WITH THAT ONE.
FINALLY USING THE DISHWASHER.
SO THIS COMES BACK TO ANOTHER
THING, WE SHOULD BE HAND WASHING
OUR DISHES INSTEAD?
>> MIGHT SAVE WARE WATER, TOO.
HAND WASH YOUR DISHES.
HAND WASHING YOUR DISHES IS
ACTUALLY A SWEDISH STUDY
PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF
PEDIATRICS AND THEY SAID THAT
CHILDREN THAT EAT OFF OF
HAND-WASHED DISHES HAVE LESS
ALLERGIES THAN THOSE THAT EAT
OFF OF DISHWASHERS.
AND WHAT HAPPENS THE RESEARCHERS
HAVE FOUND THE DISHWASHERS KILL
SO MUCH OF THE BACTERIA THAT THE
CHILDREN DON'T.
>> Nikki: HAVE THAT NATURAL
BACTERIA TO FIGHT IT OFF.
>>> CHILDREN THAT EAT OFF OF
HAND-WASHED DISHES HAVE LESS
ALLERGIES.
>> TELL THEM THEY CAN WATCH THIS
ENTIRE INTERVIEW, SEND IT TO
THEM.
TELL THEM TO YOU KNOW, LAYOFF
THE CHOKING AND START WASHING
THE DISHES INSTEAD AND WE
APPRECIATE IT.
>> COME VISIT US.
AMERICAN FAMILY CARE.
>>> GO SEE DOCTORT.
>>> OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK,
WE'RE CONVENIENT, WE CAN TAKE
CARE OF YOUR ALLERGIES ALLERGIES AND ALSO
TAKE CARE OF YOUR OTHER
INJURIES, WE HAVE BOARD
CERTIFIED PHYSICIANS.
WE DON'T USE PHYSICIAN EXPENDERS
AND WE'D LOVE TO TAKE CARE OF
YOU.
>>> AND HE'LL BE ABLE TO TELL
YOU WHETHER IT IS ALLERGIES OR
WHETHER YOU REALLY ARE GETTING
SICK.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK WE'RE