This time of year is especially heinous for my energy level. I have bad allergies to grass pollen and it results in major fatigue.
Fatigue being one of the enemies of persistence, I’ve searched years for a solution. Last week, I found a blog post One Cure for Pollen Allergies where the author, who is it anyway? Said they cured their pollen allergy fatigue by taking supplements of zinc citrate 25mg per day or 50 every other day and a beta carotene supplement.
About a month before another allergy season set in, I started taking a supplement of zinc citrate to strengthen my immune system. Unexpectedly, I had no deep fatigue symptoms when the allergy started and not during the whole allergy season. To be sure, I took the allergy medication several different times and didn’t feel any better….
…Vitamin A is also a core nutrient of the immune system. Using zinc, the body (a.k.a. the cells of the body) turns beta carotene into vitamin A as needed. Taking beta carotene instead of vitamin A prevents you from taking too much vitamin A, which can cause a lot of problems, some of them permanent.
Well, you know me, I’ll try about anything… So I stopped by the health food store and instead of getting just zinc citrate and beta carotene tablets, I searched for a men’s multivitamin that would contain both. The closest I came was Men’s One Energy Multivitamin which contains 20 mg of zinc citrate per capsule. I figured if I got most of the zinc and beta carotene as suggested in the post, the other vitamins might offset the missing 5mg. 
Do you know of any secrets to beating allergy fatigue? If so, please share in the comments..
Update: I forgot to post that in the past few days that I’ve been taking the vitamin, that it hasn’t done much if anything for my sinus allergies, but I am more energetic than I was last week. I don’t have the crushing fatigue that I normally have this time of year which is a relief in itself. But I will follow up when I know something more definitive.
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People swear by the neti pot to relieve allergies and the fatigue that goes with it. Give it a try!
Oh, I am one of those people too. I do it about every day. It gives a lot of relief. But I still have some tired issues this time of year.
Same here. I can neti every day this week, and I’ll still be horribly fatigued. I picked some of these up today on your recommendation. I’m with you on this. I’ll try anything!
Thanks!
Try sipping a **small** amount of Tabasco sauce and rubbbing some Tiger baum on your temples and under your nose. It opens the sinuses and takes my mind off of the fatigue. Maybe it will for you, too!
Tiger baum is some wild stuff.
I faced fatigue problems when I slept late or don’t sleep well the night before. Sometimes, I would fall asleep easily. Think I am facing some health problems too.
i think that ” zinc citrate 25mg per day or 50 every other day and a beta carotene supplement.” is good supplement. but dr atkins say more – that i may remember.
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