Funny thing, in my family we're all allergic to birch pollen. So before the pollen season we often tap some birch sap and drink to bolster our immune system in advance. Dunno if there's any science behind it, but in my experience it's done wonders.

[–] Ferris@discuss.online 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think in context, I think you are desensitizing rather than bolstering. 👆 You may have meant that, 👈 but in case you didn't.

[–] casino@feddit.nu 4 points 1 year ago

Yes! That's exactly what I meant 😁, thank you.

[–] null 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've heard that eating local honey similarly lowers your allergy response to local pollen, and I believed that, so I'll believe this too.

[–] charlytune@mander.xyz 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's a myth. For a start most people's hayfever isn't anything to do with flower pollen, it's grass and tree pollen and fungal spores. Pollen and spores can be carried by air currents and travel long distances. The flowers your local honey comes from are unlikely to be causing your hayfever. You should buy local honey over commercial honey though because it supports small producers.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you just need to find grass, tree, and fungal honey then to make it work. Easy peasy.

[–] charlytune@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Someone, somewhere, is definitely making fungal honey. But I think it might be an STD.

[–] null 1 points 1 year ago

I knew the bees were telling me lies!

[–] abbadon420@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, there is scientific basis for that. It's immunotherapy