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Nutrition for Sinusitis Acute Phase:
* Eat as little as possible.
* Increase fluids; drink plenty of diluted vegetable juices, broths, herbal teas
* Increase foods rich in Vitamins C and A.
* Go on fruit and vegetable juice fasts.
* Maintain a diet low in sugar.
Chronic Phase:
* Elimination/rotation diet
Therapeutic Foods and Herbs:
Garlic, onions, citrus; horseradish, ginger, green onions, magnolia flowers, bananas, black mushrooms, chrysanthemum flowers, and apricot kernels
Fresh Juices: (Try each one until you find a juice that benefits you.)
Carrot and spinach Carrot, beet, and cucumber Celery and grapefruit with a pinch of cream of tartar Cucumber, radish, and green pepper Watercress and apple with 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar Coconut milk and carrot Lemon juice with a little horseradish A little cayenne powder in a cup of water
Foods to Avoid:
Any food that produces an intolerance, all dairy products, all catarrh-forming food: tomatoes, oranges, sugar, sweets; processed and refined foods, heavy protein foods, fats, meats, vinegars, shellfish, coffee, teas and colas containing caffeine.
Specific Supplements:
Vitamin C - 3 to 5 grams a day
Vitamin B5 - 500 to 1,000 mg. a day
Vitamin B6 - 200 to 400 mg. a day
Vitamin A - 10,000 to 30,000 I.U. a day
Zinc - 30 to 60 mg. a day
Bioflavonoids - 6 grams a day
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