Chrisal Probiotics

CHRISAL Probiotics and Allergy Management

Almost everyone has an allergy to something. Some people are highly allergic, meaning their immune system reacts strongly to a number of substances. Allergies can run the gamut - from a minor irritation to a life-threatening emergency. Allergies do have one thing in common. They occur due to the body's immune system overreaction to some stimuli. Once the immune system of an allergic person detects the presence of an allergen, it springs into overdrive. What happens next can be quite complex.

Our bone marrow may release eosinophils. Many other cells in the body go into a frenzy creating inflammation and a cascade of symptoms. Some stimuli that is not a problem to other people may cause an inflammatory response triggering a range of symptoms:

• Watery and itching eyes
• Red irritated eyes
• Runny nose or nasal congestion
• Itchy roof of mouth and throat
• Itchy nostrils
• Itchy skin
• Sneezing
• Difficulty breathing
• In children, the upward rubbing of the nose
• Swollen blue tissue under the yes
• Coughing
• Waking in the night
• Asthma attack
• In severe cases a anaphylactic shock - a true medical emergency

If you, or your child, are experiencing allergy symptoms you've probably already tried all kinds of products for relief. The store shelves are full of drugs intended to bring respite from symptoms. Unfortunately, sometimes these remedies have annoying side-effects like sleepiness, dry mouth, depressed libido, increased appetite, depression, anxiety, altered taste and smell, and sluggish or impaired thinking. Yikes. You may be left wondering if the side effects are worse than the original symptoms.

The good news for allergy sufferers is that probitics don't address symptoms. They bring relief by reducing the actual source of an allergic reaction. Chrisal Probiotics help control the number of allergens in the immediate environment. Using Chrisal probiotics in your home or office gives you a way to be vigilant against the allergen that sets your immune system off.

Read on to find out more about what types of allergens Chrisal can effectively reduce in your home and office.

Chrisal Reduces 3 Major Allergens

Allergic rhinitis (AR) is an irritation of nasal passages, usually associated with clear nasal discharge and itching of the nose, throat and eyes. It affects about 20 percent of the American population. The symptoms usually crop up after exposure to dust, dander or mold spores.

Two-thirds of all patients have symptoms of allergic rhinitis before the age of 30, but onset can occur at any age. Boys up to the age of 10 are twice as likely to have symptoms as girls in the same age group.

There is strong genetic predisposition to allergic rhinitis. One parent with a history of allergic rhinitis has about a 30 percent chance of producing offspring with the disorder; the risk increases to 50 percent if both parents have a history of allergies.

Impact of Allergies on Life

Patients can be severely restricted in their daily activities, resulting in excessive time away from school or work. Millions of dollars are spent each year on physician services and medication for treatment of this chronic illness.
Unfortunately many of the medications cause annoying side effects which include:

• dry mouth - bad breath
• lack of mental acuity - fuzzy thinking
• drowsiness
• low libido
• increased appetite
• depression
• anxiety
• altered taste and smell

Reducing 3 Major Allergens

So what can Chrisal do to help those who suffer from allergies? Chrisal, unlike most products. does not treat symptoms. Chrisal Allergy Free reduces the number of allergens thereby stopping the process at its source.

Dust mites are one of the primary allergens for those who suffer from AR. Mites are microscopic insects that defecate and multiply in number at an alarming rate. The dust mite's fecal material contains protein that can cause allergic reactions in many. Chrisal's Probiotic Formula contains helpful microorganisms that digest mite fecal material, thus reducing the allergy pressure.

Animal danders are also significant allergens. The major cat allergen is secreted through the sebaceous glands of the animal's skin. These small, light proteins are capable of staying suspended in the air for up to six hours and can be measured for several months after a cat is removed from an indoor environment. Chrisal Allergy Free contains healthy bacteria that feed on this protein, reducing the allergen count significantly.

Mold spores grow in warm, damp environments. The highest mold spore counts occur in early spring, late summer and early fall, but mold spores can be measured indoors year-around. Chrisal's probiotic formula is a proven, environmentally sustainable, effective solution for mold remediation. Probiotics effectively reduced mold spores - even dormant spore that began to grow after the initial application of product.

Use Chrisal to Maintain Allergen-Free Environment

Chrisal Allergy Free impedes allergic reactions at their source by reducing the allergen count. Our probiotic formula is natural, environmentally-friendly, non-toxic and does not have the harsh side effects that antihistamines, nasal sprays and decongestants have. It is gentle, safe and easy to use.

Maintain an allergen-free environment by using Chrisal Allergy Free on pillows, bedding, upholstered furniture, drapes, on your pets and in the air of your home or office.

Dust Mites?

Some of you are thinking about dust allergies and wondering just what a dust mite is. What does it look like? Here are 10 important facts about dust mites.

1. Dust mites are tiny insects that are invisible to the naked eye. Every home has  dust mites. Any type of building where humans work or live will have dust mites. Mites are ubiquitous.

2. The mite’s diet is varied. with the primary food source consisting of dander (skin scales) from humans and animals.

3. Dust mites are found in mattresses, pillows, carpets, upholstered furniture, bedcovers, clothes, stuffed toys and fabric and fabric-covered items.

4. Body parts and fecal material from dust mites can trigger asthma in individuals with allergic reactions to dust mites.

5. Exposure to dust mites can cause asthma in children who have not previously exhibited asthma symptoms.

6. 90% of household dust is made up of dead human skin. That is a lot of food for dust mites.

7. Dust mites live for 3 to 4 months.

8. Female dust mites lay 20 - 50 eggs every 3 weeks.

9. Each mite produces 200 times their own weight each day in fecal droppings.

10. Digestive enzymes in dust mite droppings trigger respiratory allergies.

Allergy Free reduces dust mite fecal matter.

You've gotta love that!

How Does Chrisal Work on Dust Mite Allergens?

1. Chrisal applies a layer of non-pathogenic bacteria to remove glycyphagus droppings and other organic allergenic material from any sort of textile.

2. Chrisal's Probiotic formula contains bacillus bacteria that will use the mite droppings as a food source.

3. Allergen pressure in buildings cleaned with Chrisal is significantly reduced with regular use.

4. Studies have found that probiotics may help reduce allergic rhinitis symptom severity.

5. Less symptoms result in reduced use of medications that cause uncomfortable side effects.

6. Beds are a prime habitat for humans - where 1/3 of life occurs.

7. A used mattress may have anywhere from 100,000 to 10 million mites inside.

8. Our skin replaces itself every seven years. A lot of that old skin ends up in your bed.

9. Keeping your mattress free of dust mite allergens is not always the easiest task. Spraying bedding with Chrisal Probiotics will reduce mite fecal material in your bed.

10. Sleep well, knowing that Chrisal probiotics are at work for the next 72 hours.

Duct and Vent Blow and Go - An Allergy Nightmare

The ALLERGY INFORMATION ASSOCIATION recommends cleaning heating and air conditioning systems as an effective way to eliminate dust from homes for allergy sufferers. There are approximately 30,000 particles of dust in the air of the average home per one cubic feet! This is equivalent to 40 lbs of dust per year. One out of six people suffer from allergies due to the direct relationship to the fungi and bacteria in air duct systems.

All of this said, if filters are replaced regularly on modern furnaces and air conditioners and if you routinely use Chrisal Allergy Free, a professional cleaning is rarely needed. If you have people in your household that suffer from allergies it is important to check under the registers for build up of dust and mold. If, in spite of regular filter changes, there is substantial and visible mold growth inside ducts you should consider having your ducts professionally cleaned. But, the EPA indicates that unless there are large deposits of dust and mold professional cleaning may not be necessary. The decision to professionally clean should also take into consideration whether the ducts are made of:

• traditional sheet metal
• nonmetal ducts such as fiberboard
• flexible ductwork
• ductwork with an internal liner
• fiberglass duct material

Current research indicates that all types of ducts can support microbial growth - but there are distinctions. Moisture can be trapped in some duct systems. This is generally not a problem in bare metal ducts because they contain no porous material. Once a fiberglass-lined duct is wet, the EPA and the National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA) advocate replacing the material.

Chrisal recommends that you watch out for what we refer to as "blow and go" service from contractors who are not licensed, not members of a related trade association and who spend an insufficient amount of time investigating the problem. These companies often have sales pitches with extensive but uncorroborated claims about the health benefits of their service. They also may claim that you need to use their service on an annual basis, which is not true. The worst situation is when these contractors do not have the proper equipment and they end up making the allergy count go up in your home because they release more contaminants into the air than if you simply left the ducts alone. A good rule of thumb is that a professional cleaning should take about 4 to 8 hours in a typical 4 bedroom home.

If you find a moderate amount of dust in your grating and duct, you can clean it yourself by placing negative pressure on the area with a powerful vacuum. Use a vacuum with a hepa filter. You can use a soft bristle brush to dislodge debris and then pick it up with the vacuum. When finished cleaning. you may lightly mist the duct opening and vent with a fine mist of Chrisal Allergy Free. The powerful probiotic formula will go to work eating dust mite fecal material, competing with pathogens for resources and disturbing the mold spore cycle so that allergens are reduced. You can mist the air-conditioning and heating vents every 72 hours when they are in use and significantly reduce allergens from this source.

No more blow and go with Chrisal!

Sleeping with the Enemy

Are you sleeping with ugly, eight-legged, Lilliputian arachnids? These hideous little guys don't bite but that's not much consolation in view of the fact that they love hiding in your mattress, bedding and pillows. They crave the warmth and moisture that your sleeping body provides. They love to eat your dead skin. Since you are losing about 50,000 skin cells every minute - they aren't going hungry. How many are in your bed? That depends on how old your mattress is and how often you change your linens. Suffice it to say that you are sleeping with anywhere between 100,000 to 1.5 million mites.

If you don't find this idea appealing, you must do more than kill dust mites because the dust mites themselves are not really the problem. The hard shell-like exterior of their bodies, their feces and their corpses break down into powerful allergy-causing proteins. Using biocides just turns live mites into dead mites, which continue to cause allergic reactions.

The goal is to keep the dust mite population low, because it is impossible to be completely rid of them. The other goal is to get rid of dust-mite dust, the detritus left from their dead bodies and fecal material. There is no magic wand you can wave to rid your home of dust mites, but that doesn't mean you should give up.

Here are some things you can do to reduce your bedtime exposure to dust mite allergens:

• Wash bedding (including mattress cover and blankets ) every week.
• Do not vacuum within two hours of bed time.
• Remove stuffed animals from the bed.
• Do not use tapestries as wall coverings.
• Keep humidity in the 30% - 40% range with a humidifier.
• Consider keeping bedroom furniture clutter free.
• Dust often.

Chrisal Allergy Free is another tool in your fight against allergens. Here is the procedure Chrisal recommends to keep your bedding fresh.

1. Start with all fresh linens.
2. Mist the mattress and each layer of linens with Chrisal Allergy Free.
3. Mist the bed pillows and pillow cases with Chrisal Allergy Free.
4. Finally, mist the comforter and all decorative pillows as well.
5. Sleep well, knowing that Chrisal probiotics are at work for the next 72 hours.
6. Refresh pillows and sheets every 2-3 days with a light misting.

Stuffed Animals - Hidden Threat to Allergic Children

One of the most overlooked areas of dust mite infestation is your child's adorable stuffed animal. You know the one. The ear is frayed, one eye is missing and you aren't sure who loves it more - your toddler or the dog. This is the stuffed animal that has been loved so much that at any moment it could become real. You swear you think you've seen it wink at you.

Often these toys have been around for months, even years and mite droppings have been building up inside the toy. Somehow the toy doesn't get in the washer as often as it should.

Chrisal doesn't advocate a world free of stuffed animals. We loved our velveteen rabbits when we were growing up. There are some easy things we can do to keep precious children and their favorite stuffed animals living together in a more healthful way.

• When you buy a stuffed animal - make sure it will fit in your washer and dryer.
• Wash all stuffed animals about once a month in hot water.
• Dry for 20 minutes on the hot cycle. (remember to clean the lint screen)
• Even when the stuffed animal is washed don't let your child sleep with it.
• Sleeping with stuffed animals can pose a suffocation risk for babies.
• If your child won't sleep without it - remove the toy once they have drifted off to sleep.
• If your child suffers from continued problems with dust mite allergens, get rid of stuffed animals made of wool or stuffed with down material.
• Mist stuffed toys every 2 days with Chrisal Allergy Free. Chrisal Probiotics will reduced the allergens caused by protein in the fecal material.
• Don't forget to mist those giant stuffed animals that never get washed.

Keep a can of Chrisal Allergy Free in the car, so you can mist the car seat and the toys that are rattling around in the back seat with the kids.

Chrisal believes that :

"When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but really loves you, then you've become real."

-Rocking Horse from The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams

Go Ahead - Flop Down on the Sofa

Most of us spend a good deal of our "down time" on the sofa or couch in our family room. We curl up there with the kids, the dog, or friends and a good movie. If we're honest we'll admit that we've been known to have a snack or two while on the sofa. Dad may have even taken a nap there once or twice.

Even if you're a clean freak, your sofa is still home to millions of dust mites. Every time someone shifts position on the couch they create little eddies of air that blow dust mite's excreta everywhere. The microscopic fecal matter flies in the eyes, noses and mouths of your family and guests. The difficulty is not really with the dust mites themselves. They have sticky little feet that cling to fibers. It's their dried excrement that floats around causing troubles. The excreta contain protein that can be a real allergy problem. In fact, if you suffer from allergies there is an 80% chance that you are allergic to dust mite's fecal protein.

A leather sofa is not as likely to collect dust mites as an upholstered one. But, if you can't afford or just don't like leather sofas, what can you do to minimize dust mites and the fecal matter they produce? Keep in mind that in a 10 week life span a dust mite excretes 2,000 fecal particles and an even greater number of partially digested enzyme-covered dust particles.

If your dog or cat likes to join the family on your comfortable upholstered furniture, the other allergen that stockpiles is pet dander. Individuals who are allergic to particular animals are rarely allergic to the animals' fur or feathers. They are actually allergic to small scales of skin (dander) that the animal sheds. Other people are allergic to the animal's saliva, particularly cats. Cats have saliva that contains a protein known to cause allergy. Approximately 25% of people who have allergies are allergic to pet dander. Unfortunately pet dander allergens collect on upholstered surfaces and do not lose their strength for a long time, sometimes several months. The saliva and dander are sticky and can coat surfaces. What can families with pets do to reduce dander?

Chrisal Allergy Free is an all-natural, biodegradable probiotic product that works effectively to reduce both dust mite and pet dander allergens from your upholstered furniture. Misting your sofa or couch every three days with Chrisal Allergy Free will reduce the number of allergens that collect in upholstered furniture through a gentle and natural process. The friendly bacteria in Allergy Free digest the offending proteins in the mite's fecal matter and in pet dander, leaving you with a sofa that you can fall back on in relief, not worrying about whirling microscopic allergens irritating your eyes, nose and mouth.

With Allergy Free - Go Ahead - Flop Down on the Sofa ...

It's CHRISAL Clean!

The Difference Between An Itch and A Pet Allergy

Can allergic people and pets live side by side? Your husband spent the first three years of your marriage defiantly staring down your sweet kitty, Smushface, as he scratched his arms until they bleed - but you refused to part with her. You, on the other hand, sneeze until you look like a bloodshot-eyed drunk when he insists on wrestling with his dog, Bear, on the family room couch. What can be done to save this marriage? Your neighbor suggested shaving the animals bald.

Eleven million people are allergic to cats and you married one of them. About 15% of Americans are allergic to animals and you just found out that you are allergic to dog dander. The immunologist says that shaving the animals won't help. It's the flakes of skin, called dander, and the protein in the saliva that your beloved animals lick themselves with (not the fur) that you're both allergic to.

As you discuss your alternatives you realize that people (OMG - your future progeny) may not even know they are allergic. Pet proteins will cause their tiny bodies to produce histamines, which will result in eye itches, wheezy breathing, or a rash. What are the chances that your child can escape allergies when the two of you are wheezing like a pair of broken cappuccino machines? Allergies are usually hereditary.

Is your family destined for the poor house? Will the kid's college fund be eaten up at the immunologist's office? Will you spend more time with the allergist than your husband? Will you die alone and lonely?

Managing Pets in the Home

Before you decide to call it splitsville, put the plans for a family on hold, or shave the animals - Chrisal suggests trying a three-pronged approach.

 1. Avoidance - Limit the areas in your home that the animals are allowed. We suggest that bedrooms be off limits because you spend a lot of time breathing in that room. Shut the bedroom doors.