Welcome to the Healing Histamine Blog
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Healing Salicylate Sensitivity
As I discussed in my post, Histamine & Salicylic Acid (Salicylate) Intolerance, those with mast cell disorders and histamine intolerance may also have reactions after…
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Histamine Depletion During Exercise (Does it Work?)
Histamine is released in the body to prevent exhaustion during times of extreme physical exertion. While depleting histamine might seem like a good thing, the…
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Boosting Brain Histamine Controls Appetite
One of histamine’s dark sides is its ability to suppress appetite, to the extreme of mimicking anorexia. Researchers have for years attempted to harness this…
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NO Histamine Intolerance Inflammation
Nitric Oxide (NO). Such an important molecule that it was given “Molecule of the Year” status by the journal Science in 1992, nitric oxide was…
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Fasting’s Antihistamine Properties
A study published by British journal Nutrition & Metabolism found that an inflammatory hypersensitivity cascade involving mast cells, histamine and other inflammatory agents, could be prevented…
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Histamine & Salicylic Acid (Salicylate) Intolerance
Did you know that aspirin can trigger non-allergic mediated reactions? Or that salicylic acid found in most plant foods can cause histamine release, or compound histamine…
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Getting Back on Track After Histamine Derailments
It was great while it lasted, wasn’t it? But now there’s the fall out to deal with. The good news is that the longer we’ve…
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Boost Good Gut Bacteria Without High Histamine Ferments or Probiotic Supplements
Getting back on track after a major fall off the good health wagon is usually a bit of a slog. But it turns out there’s…
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CRF1 stress receptor triggers immune system release of histamine
This holiday season please keep in mind that scientists have confirmed that stress triggers the immune system into releasing histamine. So if we want to…
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Skullcap Prevents Histamine Release & Helps Runny Nose
Chalk another one up to traditional medicine. Skullcap Baicalensis, a herb used in Chinese healing, has been used for over 200 years as a relaxant,…
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What Is Histamine Intolerance (Healing It)
It A lot of people seem to miss that histamine isn’t just found in food, but also already in the body. A study published in…
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Do’s & don’ts of healing histamine intolerance
Going to the doctor to nail down a diagnosis is like a game of chess; or arm wrestling. Say the wrong (but true) thing, and…
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Testing allergies at the dinner table
The future of allergy detection is here, and it fits on your keychain. It’s been a while since I’ve been this excited to hear of…
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The Histamine (Intolerance) Reset
Were you naughty or nice this turkey day? I used to agonise over whether to be “good”, or just throw all caution to the…
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Astragalus, allergies & histamine intolerance
Astragalus membranaceus is a traditional Chinese medicine with some impressive scientifically validated effects on the immune system and histamine in particular. It may help prevent…
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Histamine intolerance, mast cells & autoimmune disorders
Histamine is found in foods, and also in the body. The latest research on autoimmune disease tells us that mast cells, a type of white…
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Chicory root, an antihistamine food for histamine intolerance?
Post updated 24/1/2018 to clarify choice of photo. Chicory root has significant antihistamine and anti-inflammatory properties. In research studies it has even interrupted the IgE…
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Diagnosing Histamine Intolerance
Researchers at the at the University of Barcelona have come up with a quick, efficient, and reliable test for histamine intolerance that yields results in…
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Ashwagandha’s Withaferin A For Histamine Inflammation
Indian Ayurvedic “medicine” has yielded a number of interesting natural antihistamines, as well as mast cell stabilisers. The latter is a white blood cell in…
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Histamine Contributes to Alzheimer’s
Researchers have suspected that brain transmitters play a role in cognitive decline for some time. Now they’ve proven that changes in brain histamine can predict…