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It’s important to select the right types of carbohydrates, or carbs, to include in your diet to help reset your immune system to reduce or eliminate allergies. Some of the carbs to avoid include white potatoes, white rice, and white flour and foods made with it. These foods act similarly to sugar in the body, causing wild blood sugar fluctuations and the resulting inflammation and changes to the gut terrain. Some of these bad carb foods include pastries, doughnuts, candies, cakes, white bread, “multigrain” bread (which is actually mostly white flour with a handful of grains added to it), and whole-wheat bread (which also tends to be largely white flour with a small amount of whole wheat added to it). Whole wheat has been heavily sprayed with harmful inflammation-causing pesticides and is best avoided. That doesn’t mean you have to give up all your favorite foods. Most bread, cakes, pastries and other foods can be made with whole-grain flour that does not have the same inflammatory effect on your body. Here are some suggestions about which grains to enjoy and which to avoid:

Enjoy This	Avoid That
100 percent whole-grain bread (no wheat)	white bread, whole-wheat bread
brown rice pasta	white wheat pasta, semolina pasta
brown rice vermicelli	white rice vermicelli, egg noodles
brown rice, brown basmati rice, black rice	white rice, basmati rice, rice blends
quinoa	couscous
sweet potatoes or Jerusalem artichokes	white, yellow, or red potatoes

Many whole grains such as buckwheat, millet, oats, quinoa, or wild rice can be made into gourmet whole-grain dishes with chopped vegetables and spices, or they can be cooked and made into hearty salads with the addition of chopped fruits, vegetables, and seasonings.

IS GLUTEN AGGRAVATING YOUR ASTHMA?

Many asthma sufferers are sensitive to gluten, which is found in wheat, rye, oats, barley, and many other grains and products containing them. Many baking powders, soy sauces, artificial food colors, emulsifiers, and other ingredients found in convenience food also contain gluten. Some great gluten-free options include quinoa, millet, buckwheat (yes, the name can be confusing, but there is no gluten in buckwheat), coconut flour, brown rice, black rice, red rice, and wild rice. If you suffer from allergy-induced asthma, it is best to avoid gluten.