Some Vinegar a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

The allergy season is upon us, the itchy eyes, the running noses and endless tissue boxes being used are definitely a sign that it is here again!  It's a horrible thing when the weather is so nice and great, but you have something that's hampering your ability to enjoy it.

Season after season I would suffer from this and always had to turn to chemicals to fight this.  It started with me trying to do it with nothing, but that didn't turn out well as I was sneaking everywhere and had no tissue to clean up with.  Those times called for desperate measures, so I had to sneeze in my hand and then slowly slide my hand into pocket using it as a napkin of sorts.  I had no choice but to turn to drugs, I feel as if I had blown so many interviews and important meetings just because of this ... this ... this disability of having allergies.  Yes it is a disability!  We, allergy sufferers, are disabled from living normal lives in the wonderful springtime weather because of the horniness of the plants trying to pollenate each other. 

The first drug of choice was Claritin.  There was an instant effect and it was great, just one pill and I was alright.  The following year the single pill no longer worked for me but now I had to take two, sometimes three pills just to keep me in line.  This cycle continued until I had to take five pills during a season and there was no more effect.  I moved onto their nemisis brand, the name escapes me, but there was no luck with that either.  I even tried the version they make that melts in your mouth ... that did nothing as well.

I searched for answers and my cousin Ria had told me that she gets the shot from her doctor.  Again ... I turned to my drug dealer for the quick fix.  It was a simple injection with a price of street price of $10 for those that had copay.  This was a wondeful drug as it relieved my symptoms instantly and kept it away for the rest of the season.  But as with any addict we need more ... the follow season called for two shots which didn't treat me as well as the season prior.  There was an effect from the drugs, but it seemed as if my dealer was now watering down his product and it wasn't 100% pure. 

The dealers are very expendable, we have to find other means and when we do we stick to it.  The internet was my friend and I found out that something called Apple Cider Vinegar would do the trick.  The remedy called for two tablespoons of the ACV to be put into a glass of water and drink it twice a day.  Or you could just go straight up and down the two tablespoons.  There was something about the ACV that would make you immune to the allergies and usually through two or three seasons of taking it your allergies would disappear completely!  Sounds good huh!?  But it's not easy ... as I found out that ACV was horrible ... it's not like normal vinegas where you can dip your chicaron or your egg rolls into, but it was just horrible!  The mixture with the water didn't help, I even tried to mix it with some Peach Schnapps but that didn't work either.  This whole idea of the ACV was off the table now and I had a bottle of this stuff just sitting there.

During one of the seasons where I didn't take anything at all, I was at work and just wanted a snack.  I went for the Salt and Vinegar chips ... just because I like them.  I remember reading that the ACV has some effects on other ailments, and I think it's definitely true.  While eating the salt and vinegar chips I noticed that my allergies went away, but thought it was a fluke and there was just a low pollen count that day.  The next day I had another bag with the same results, hmmm was I onto something here?  Another day passes with the bag of chips and no allergies!  Fourth day comes and I ditch the chips ... the allergies come back!  Whoa!?  I found my cure!  My drug dealer was no more ... and I had turned to a new medication. 

So all it takes is a simple bag of salt and vinegar chips ... not the big one, but the small one works.  If you want better or best results get the sea salt and vingegar chips.  I guess the combination of the miracles of sea salt and miracles of vinegar working together combine for one insane home remedy. 

It's important to note that eating the salt and vinegar chips leaves this weird feeling on your teeth, I'm not sure what it is, but I'm theorised that it's melting away your teeth like acid. 

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