# Does avoiding dairy help sinus allergies?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-avoiding-dairy-help-sinus-allergies/636232>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 29, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-avoiding-dairy-help-sinus-allergies/636232 "2012-09-29T14:13:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@F.Pu-du-he-pa-as](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.Pu-du-he-pa-as)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-avoiding-dairy-help-sinus-allergies/636232/1 "2012-09-29T14:13:41Z")

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I’ve heard it said that avoiding consuming dairy products helps improve seasonal allergies. To me, this seems somewhat unlikely, and it’s not something any of my doctors have mentioned. How does this process (supposedly) work, and what’s the evidence that dairy products worsen allergies?

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**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-avoiding-dairy-help-sinus-allergies/636232/2 "2012-09-29T19:16:21Z")

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Doesn’t. [Past thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=608948)