Welcome to the Healing Histamine Blog
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Study Finds 2 Gene Variants Cause High Histamine Levels
Two studies have confirmed the link between genetic variants (genetic differences) and allergic rhinitis (chronic stuffy nose), migraine, and high histamine levels in Mexican children.…
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EGCG Tea Polyphenol Chills Out The Brain, Acts as Antihistamine
“But tea is on lists as being high histamine!” you say. Let me stop you right there. Fermented tea leaves purportedly block the histamine degrading…
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Stressing Tinnitus in Histamine Intolerance
The cause of tinnitus: that constant electricity-like hissing that has driven the best of us to complete despair and madness, is no longer a mystery…
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Tart Cherries: Better than Aspirin for Inflammation
Cherries have amazing anti-inflammatory properties, but also quite a bit of sugar. The sweet stuff isn’t great for fighting histamine (or any other) inflammation. That’s…
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Curcumin for Histamine Migraines
Nearly 15% of all people on the planet suffer from migraines. Researchers have known that histamine can cause, or worsen these terrible headaches for some…
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Is it Getting Hot in Here? Histamine Affects Body Temperature
“Is it just me or is it really hot in here? Or cold? I’m now so cold that I’m shivering,” does this sound familiar? My…
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Pterostilbene A “Potent” Antihistamine for Histamine Intolerance & Inflammation
According to researchers pterostilbene is a “potent” natural antihistamine compound found in plant foods. It’s related to resveratrol, which is found predominately in grapes. Here’s…
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Avoid These Common Ingredients If You Have Histamine Intolerance
Some of the following ingredients, which are commonly found in health foods too, either directly raise histamine, or trigger inflammation generally. The latter is something…
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Histamine in Crohn’s, Ulcerative Colitis & Irritable Bowel
Histamine is involved in the digestive process, which is why an excess of it linked to Crohn’s, ulcerative colitis and irritable bowel. While antihistamines have…
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Persistent Sore Throat Triggered ByToothpaste’s Histamine Ingredients
Did you know that most toothpastes contain histamine triggering ingredients? If you’re suffering from a persistently sore throat, migraine or throat swelling (unrelated to anaphylaxis),…
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Researcher Finds Depression is Caused by (Histamine) Inflammation
A UK based researcher’s findings back up other recent discoveries in depression, which is the idea that for the one-third of patients for whom anti-depressants…
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Researchers: Diet Change May Be Better than Medication for Acid Reflux (Histamine is Involved)
According to Time Magazine, acid reflux is one of the most common health issues in the US, with nearly $13 billion spent a year being…
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5 Antihistamine & Anti-Ageing Collagen Boosting Oils
Here are my top choices for a natural anti-ageing boost that’s also antihistamine and anti-inflammatory. For a time I was convinced that caring about something…
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Zinc Depletion and Histamine Intolerance
Zinc depletion is linked to histamine related itching, mast cells releasing more histamine into the bloodstream, and a whole host of other conditions. You’ll notice…
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Make These 5 Surprising High Histamine Foods Work for Histamine Intolerance
The nuances of the histamine intolerance diet are hard to grasp, at least in the beginning. Sometimes it’s that incorrect information is spread from place…
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Safer Fish for Histamine Intolerance
For most people, unless you have an IgE allergy, fresh fish is safe in the elimination phase of the histamine diet, and far beyond. That’s…
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Explaining Histamine Intolerance & Mast Cell Activation (How Not to Sound Nuts)
This might seem like a minor issue: not sounding crazy to people when explaining reasons for the diet. But in my world, before I started…
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Loquat: A Powerful Antihistamine For Histamine Intolerance
Loquat (Eriobotrya Japonica), also known as Japanese plum, or nispero, is a really tasty fruit whose leaves have significant antihistamine, mast cell stabilising, and anti-inflammatory…
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How Histamine Affects Sleep
Histamine plays an important role in the body. It can affect blood pressure and libido, protect us against seizures (though it triggered a few in…
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Histamine Inflammation Links Electromagnetic (EMF) & Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Researchers in France have linked electrohypersensitivity (EHS) and multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) to histamine and other inflammatory markers. They say both these conditions are easily diagnosed…