Pregnant women often think they have a cold or allergies when actually they are experiencing something called pregnancy rhinitis. It usually occurs after the second month of pregnancy and symptoms can include sinus congestion, post nasal drip, sneezing, coughing and even a runny nose. No wonder so many women think they have a cold!
Last spring, I wrote about taking the neti pot challenge and want to do it again. After all, it’s allergy season and unlike a cold that may hit with little warning, allergies usually come on in stages. At [...read more]
If you surf and have postnasal drip, sinus pressure or a congested nose, you most likely have surfers’ sinusitis. Sinusitis is the inflammation of the sinus cavities and can cause anything from sinus pressure to post nasal drip.
Climate change has increased pollen production.
If you suffer from allergies, use a neti pot BEFORE the season is in full bloom.
Have you ever been told you have bad breath? It’s not only embarrassing, but frustrating if you can’t discover the source of the problem. Most people assume that bad breath comes from not brushing or flossing the teeth, [...read more]
While the snow may be behind us, spring pollen is now at our doors and can often look like a fine dusting of snow. Sometimes it's white but often pollen is yellow and can leave a powdery layer [...read more]
It's time to talk about airborne allergies again. Instead of focusing on the usual culprits of trees, flowers and grasses, this blog will focus on mold, a form of fungi. While mold grows year round, spring is just [...read more]
Recently we had a customer share with us that she had started to use our French Atlantic sea salt on her food. She told us she preferred the taste of it over regular table salt, but wanted to [...read more]
While traveling in South America, I landed in Lima, Peru where I picked up the worst sinus infection I've had in a decade. Initially, it started out as nasal inflammation possibly because of the high pollution and mold [...read more]