(really long post!!)

So I suspect... Vax as a kid in early 80s...allergic to everything, cats, pollen, grass etc. I always had bronchitis (parents smoked indoors). I suffered from chronic digestive issues... Probably too graphic for here but no doctor really told me how to fix these things and let's add hypoglycemia to my list. My parents cooked home meals but I did eat a lot of chef boyardee as a snack growing up. Lol.

So here's where I landed...

Few years ago I met a lady who milled her flour and made her bread. I had no experience, bought a used mill and watched some YouTube. I now make all of my carbs. If I dont make it, I don't eat it. I make crackers, breads, biscuits, muffins, etc. I miss pastries... But i will work on those recipes one day. Home milled cured my digestive problems. I no longer have problems going to the bathroom. It is a lot of work but to me it's worth it.

Then I found essential oils for my hormones. I was high stress and moody. I didn't want to go on birth control after having a baby. Literally in days after starting EOs, I felt normal with no heart palps and no stress.

I found golden milk for my leg, hip, back and shoulder inflammation and fatigue.

So these things healed a me a lot but I still had a tickle in my throat and carried around fire cider to drink when I felt my nose being watery or throat getting sore. I refused to take any more allergy meds after starting my bread and relied on peppermint and lavender oils under my nose for allergies.

I took a multivitamin everyday since I was a kid.

So I went to a new functional medicine doctor in March 2024 and told him iiiof all my successes... Ran bloodwork to make sure I am good to go and we discussed briefly what vitamins I took. I told him I do multi and he said he didn't like them because sometimes it's too much of one and not enough of another. So I decided to stop and take only what I couldn't make with my body. He is also pretty pro carnivore diet and organ meats.

I started taking only zinc picolinate 15mg daily consistently and it seemed to be my cure. I take magnesium, vitamin c, and fishoil as but i was consistent with zinc.

So, a long way of saying I think I healed my gut issues with my flour and your gut can be a cause of post nasal issues and I think adding zinc (which I ate plenty of foods with zinc) helped further fix my issues. I also suffered from chronic nosebleeds and that stopped happening too. Even with the heater indoors during winter.

I researched zinc and allergies and two things came up. A mouse study with zinc and helping with rhinitis and an Amazon zinc supplement that was branded by an allergy group!

I hope this helps. It's been a great journey. I'm very proud of what I found and try to encourage others to look into other things. I used to make fun of ladies with their essential oils etc.. But I'm a believer. I don't sell them. Just preach it. Good luck. Totally could talk nerd health stuff for days. Reach out anytime.