Allergies and Cocunut Oil

Spring has sprung!  Trees are in bloom and grass is growing.  This beautiful time of the year is dreaded by million due to allergies.  And after being a long time sufferer of allergies and mouth breathing, I stumbled on an incredible discovery. To state it simply Coconut oil. 

For years I wore contact lenses and during allergy season would literally rub my itchy eyes until my contacts came out.  Side note if I didn't have my contact case, I would just put my contacts in my mouth. 

Coconut oil is an antifungal and antibacterial substance due to its high concentration of lauric acid. After learning that coconut oil is a good natural moisturizer and can help heal cuts and scrapes while again providing bacterial infection protection...poetic eh, I decided to try just using the oil in my nostrils. I simply swipe a dab in each nostril of my nose. 

I have been doing this for years now and my experience has been incredible. One litmus test is that during the Covid years I worked in a manufacturing facility and had to work  onsite daily in a closed environment. And while various coworkers went out with illness including most employees at the plant, I was able to work throughout without any sickness or missed time.  

My thinking is that most pathogens come in through the sinuses and the coconut oil acts as a barrier keeping out the bad guys. I've also had a similar experience with my allergies and breathing.  I would regularly wake up after a night under the ceiling fan and sneeze four or five times and have a scratchy throat and itchy eyes, and of course this was exaggerated during allergy season in the spring and fall. 

Coconut oil has helped clear all these issues.  I'm able to breathe through my mouth while sleeping, I wake up without the sneezing or itchy eyes. And the ironic thing is our son wakes up sneezing every morning.  I just yell coconut oil! 

The great thing about coconut oil is that it is natural and inexpensive.  Give it a try and be patient it could be just what the doctor ordered. 

To Your Health,

Coach K