Nutrition and Nasal Health
The purpose of this article is to put a little context in the articles that have focused on having a healthy nose and healthy sinuses through nasal saline spray or nasal saline solution. The nose, after all, does not exist by itself. But being part of the body it can surely draw a lot of attention to itself when things aren’t going well.
The health of the nose is affected by many other things outside of the nose. I have found that nutrition is a major issue in having a healthy nose. The cells of your body are all affected by the nutrition to the body. It stands to reason that the cells of the nose are also affected by the nutrition to the body. So while I think using a nasal saline spray is important for nasal health, you can’t ignore these other issues.
So the nutrition of the body does directly affect the cells of the nose. It should be obvious to us that the body’s health affects the health of the nose and so nutrition to the body affects the nutrition of the nose. In spite of this obvious connection it is typical that people with chronic nasal problems or chronic sinus issues pay little attention to how and what they eat. If you eat junky food your sinus problems are going to be worse.
There are a lot of nutrients that can be supplemented in addition to taking the time to eat better. By saying the word “supplement” I imply that the nutrient ought to be in the diet to start with. Unfortunately for many people who do supplement their diet with vitamins and other nutrients, there is often not much of these good nutrients present in the diet to start with. This is a recipe for failure. So even if you are using a good nasal saline solution on your nose every day you are undermining
There are over 50 key nutrients that are useful and helpful to supplement and all of them directly or indirectly play a roll in the immune function of the body. If any one of them are low, there is a bad effect on the body’s immune function. We are beginning to understand this more and so we have a lot of information on a few nutrients and a lot of research available to support the supplementation of a few nutrients. But it is likely that all of the nutrients that are crucial to health can be useful to the body when supplemented.
So as a summary, there are many different things that affect the health of the nasal passages and the sinuses. Even though one is more likely to think about nasal saline solution when you’re having symptoms, I believe the most important of these various aspects of having a healthy nose is nutrition. So get your nutrition right if you want to have a healthy nose.
Learn more about saline nasal spray. Stop by Dr Stanley Lang’s site where you can find out all about saline nasal solution and what it can do for you.
March 16, 2010 | Posted by Stanley Lang
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