Nutrition and Good Nasal Health

By Stanley Lang

The purpose of this article is to put a little context in the articles that have focused on having a healthy nose and healthy sinuses through nasal saline spray or nasal saline solution. The nose, after all, does not exist by itself. But being part of the body it can surely draw a lot of attention to itself when things aren't going well.

There are a lot of different issues that affect the health of the nose. I think that a very important issue is the general nutrition of the body. Many people don't think about this, but the nutrition you throw at your body affects every single cell in your body. So we can say that it affects every single cell in your nose. If the cells in your nose aren't working well, your nose won't work well. Even if you are using a good nasal saline spray, it won't work nearly as well if your cells have bad nutrition.

So the nutrition of the body does directly affect the cells of the nose. It should be obvious to us that the body's health affects the health of the nose and so nutrition to the body affects the nutrition of the nose. In spite of this obvious connection it is typical that people with chronic nasal problems or chronic sinus issues pay little attention to how and what they eat. If you eat junky food your sinus problems are going to be worse.

There are many many nutrients that are important for health. These nutrients can be supplemented to a diet. Now you can either supplement a good diet or supplement a bad diet. Which strategy do you think is more effective? It is a sad fact that many people who do supplement are in fact eating a bad diet most of the time. This guarantees that the nasal cells will not be healthy. Even if you do use a good nasal saline solution you will not have a good outcome in the long run.

Research has shown that there are many different nutrients that are absolutely essential for the cells of the body to be healthy. All of these nutrients affect the immune system. If one is low, the cells are not as good as they could be. If more than one is low there is even more dysfunction. Research has focused more on some nutrients than others so the ones that have the proof behind them tend to get more attention. But all of the nutrients that have been shown by research to be essential for the cells are key to the health of the nose, especially when they are supplemented on top of a good diet.

So as a summary, there are many different things that affect the health of the nasal passages and the sinuses. Even though one is more likely to think about nasal saline solution when you're having symptoms, I believe the most important of these various aspects of having a healthy nose is nutrition. So get your nutrition right if you want to have a healthy nose. - 32378

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