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Mediterranean food helps against hay fever

Mediterranean food helps against hay fever

Young people in Greece suffer less from hay fever than in Western Europe.

Greek scientists investigated why young people in Crete have fewer hay fever complaints than their peers in Western Europe † The researchers studied the eating behavior of 700 young people in the categories seven and eighteen. The survey showed that young people in Greece eat more fresh fruit and vegetables compared to Western Europeans. Also, Greeks eat more nuts than Europeans.

Fruit &Nuts
Fruits, vegetables and nuts have enhancing antioxidants and minerals that offer good protection against hay fever. Red grapes contain the highest concentration of these protective antioxidants. But apples, grapefruit, oranges, tomatoes and nuts also contain this protective substance.

Apples also help against hay fever>

Nuts contain a natural source of magnesium and prevent certain hay fever symptoms – wheezing – those on asthma corpses.