LORI: IF YOU SNEEZE A LOT,

FEEL STUFFED UP OR ITCHY EYES,

YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO SOMETHING.

USUALLY YOU REACH FOR AN

ANTIHISTAMINE, ACCORDING TO DR.

BENNET, ALLERGY DRUGS CAN CAUSE

MORE PROBLEMS .

IF YOU ARE A CHILD, YOU COULD

NOT SLEEP.

REPORTER: FOR 25 YEARS, DR.

BENNET HAS HELPED HER ALLERGY

PATIENTS THE NATURAL WAY WITH

VITAMIN C, COURSE TIN AND PINE

BARK EXTRACT AND RECOMMENDS

KEEPING ALLER GINS OUT OF YOUR

BODY.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY BOMBARDED FROM

THINGS IN OUR DIET TO WHAT WE

BREATHE.

THE MORE OF THESE ALLERGENS WE

CAN GET OUT, THE MORE EQUIP

WE'LL BE.

IN HER NEW BOOK "THE SEVEN-DAY

MAKEOVER"

HOW TO REDUCE YOUR ALLERGIES AND

OVERALL TOXIC LOAD.

EASY STUFF.

DO IT ONE

BY

ONE.

MUCH

EASIER.

REPORTER: FOR EXAMPLE, MANY

ARE SURPRISED TO FIND A POLLEN

ALLERGY TURNED OUT TO BE AN

ALLERGY TO SOMETHING ELSE.

NUTRITION AS OUR NO. 1 WAY.

YOU ARE GOING TO SAY I HAVE NAY

NASAL ALLERGIES, THEY MIGHT EAT

PEANUT BUTTER AND THEN A TICKLE

IN THEIR NOSE.

THEY DON'T REALIZE IT IS FROM

THE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY.

REPORTER: THERE ARE SIX MAJOR

ALLERGIES AND GIVE THEM UP ONE

AT A TIME, DAIRY, GLUTEN, SUGAR,

PEANUTS, EGGS, AND MOLD.

FOOD MOLDS ARE FUN GI, BLUE

CHEESE, MUCH ROOMS AND YEAST.

MANY BAGGED FOODS.

DRIED FRUITS, GRANOLA, CHIPS

AS WELL AS PACKAGED CORN CHIPS,

TORTILLA CHIPS, ANYTHING THAT

COMES IN A BAG, WRAPPER, MOLD

CAN GROW IN IT.

THAT CAN BE A BIG PROBLEM.

REPORTER: SOMETIMES WE SEE

MOLD ON PRODUCE.

OFTEN IT IS TOO SMALL TO SEE.

MIX WATER AND VITAMIN C POWDER

MIXING IT AND SOAK IT 10 MINUTES

AND DRYING IT.

SOME PEOPLE MISTAKE SEASONAL

ALLERGIES FOR ALLERGIES TO DUST

MITES, MICROSCOPIC BUDS THAT

FEED ON OUR DEAD SKIN WHICH IS

ALL OVER OUR BED, SOFA, CARPET,

EVEN OUR KID'S STUFFED ANIMALS.

WATCHING SHEETS IN HOT WATER

EACH WEEK, DUST MITE

COVERS

ON

PILLOWS AND MATTRESSES AND

FREQUENTLY DUSTING AND VACUUMED.

BATHROOM MOLD AND PET DANDER.

TAKE YOUR PETS, LOVING

ANIMALS OUT OF YOUR BED.

THAT IS A SLEW OF

ALLERGENIC

ANTIGENS THAT CAUSE ISSUES.

WE

CAN'T

DO MUCH ABOUT

POLLEN, CLOSING WINDOWS, MOVING

POLLEN SHOES AND CLOTHES AND

WASHING POLLEN OUT OF OUR AIR,

AN AIR PURIFIER CAN CAPTURE WHAT

YOU MISS.

USE FILTER WITH --

REPORTER: ALSO REGULARLY

REPLACE YOUR AIR FILTERS.

HAVE YOUR AIR DUCTS

PROFESSIONALLY CLEANED ONCE A

YEAR.

YOU CAN GET ALL THE MOLD,

DUST MITES, POLLENS, ANYTHING

REMOVED AS WELL.

WE ALL KNOW SNEEZING AND

CONGESTION POINT TO ALLERGIES.

YOU MAY NOT KNOW ALLERGY

SYMPTOMS CAN INCLUDE HEADACHES,

DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS, ANXIETY AND

TROUBLE SLEEPING.

THREE-YEAR-OLD JACKSON'S

ALLERGIES CAUSED

SEVERE SKIN

IRRITATION.

HE WAS IN SO MUCH DISCOMFORT.

HE WOULD RUB HIS FACE RAW TO

BLEEDING AND RAW.

DR. BENNET FIGURED OUT IT WAS

DAIRY AND GLUTEN.

WE STAY AWAY FROM SOY AND

NUTS.

WE HAVE PUT AIR FILTERS IN OUR

HOME WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY

HELPFUL FOR HIS SEASONAL

ALLERGIES.

BEFORE YOU MEDICATE ALLERGY

SYMPTOMS, CONSIDER GETTING TO

THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM.

YOU

MIGHT EN

D

YOUR ALLERGIES

ALTOGETHER OR BECOME

BETTER

EQUIP TO FIGHT THE ONES THAT

REMAIN.

LORIE JOHNSON, CBN NEWS.