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Chronic Fatigue, histamine & mast cells
Chalk up another one to a dysfunctional immune system – Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Researchers recently proved (for the first time), that the condition is…
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Estrogen & Histamine
Have you noticed that your annoying histamine intolerance and mast cell symptoms, particularly fogginess, bloating, headaches and tenderness, get worse just before your period? Yup, it’s your…
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Histamine Migraine Fixes
Histamine can cause the recurrence of a headache that’s been treated with meds (like NSAIDs or migraine meds for example), make a pre-existing headache worse,…
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How Histamine Affects Skin Pigmentation
Histamine affects skin pigmentation in a numbers of ways: my two old buddy’s melasma and vitiligo. You know those patches of dark skin on your…
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Histamine’s Anti-Ageing Magic
A photo recently posted on Instgram of my mother in her forties generated a great deal of comments regarding histamine and ageing. Specifically that many…
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Antioxidants fight histamine inflammation
Research tells us that consuming antioxidant foods at every meal helps us stay out of “oxidative debt”. If you’ve been reading my blog and following a…
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Researchers confirm that inflammation, histamine, cause anxiety (GAD)
It’s hardly news to us those of us with histamine intolerance and mast cell activation that inflammation can cause symptoms of anxiety. Now though, the…
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How Histamine Causes Leaky Gut
The gut barrier is meant to keep bacteria from our food from crossing into our bloodstream. Histamine, an inflammatory mediator released by mast cells that…
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Melatonin, mast cells and histamine
A round up of the latest research reveals that the sleep hormone melatonin can prevent mast cells from activating, thereby preventing the release of histamine and other inflammatory agents…
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Histamine friendly cleansers and bath products
When people tell me they’re still highly reactive no matter what dietary, stress busting, or lifestyle changes they make, I immediately suggest looking at bath…
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Ginseng, as effective as Benadryl for histamine itching?
Researchers find that several varieties of ginseng can lower histamine levels and stabilise mast cells (a key component of the immune system), preventing them from releasing…
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Oxalic Acid Inflammation linked to Histamine, Thyroid Dysfunction & Hashimoto’s
I’ve spoken quite a bit about my experiences dealing with and the link between oxalic acid (found in some of the planet’s healthiest foods) and…
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Low histamine foods I don’t eat
While it’s true that the foods in this post are technically classified as being either low in histamine or not triggering the release of histamine…
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What teeth say about your gut health
When dental hygiene doesn’t prevent bleeding gums and cavities, it’s time to look to histamine, mast cells and the wondrous world of bacteria living in…
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(Supposedly) high histamine foods I still eat
The fact I’ve been including (supposedly) high histamine foods back into my histamine intolerance/mast cell activation diet has been a source of confusion, contention and downright anger…
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Pink peppercorns are actually antihistamine berries
UPDATE: I made an error, though I know perfectly well these are pink rather than red, I somehow ended up goofing. I’m also moving further…
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Scientists: wheat triggers inflammation (even if you’re not coeliac)
Columbia University Medical Center researchers recently found that gluten/wheat issues in non-coeliacs can be due to a weak intestinal barrier (leaky gut some may call it).…
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7 BEST foods for histamine intolerance
Start the new year right with these 7 histamine intolerance foods that fight inflammation, are histamine friendly and super healthy for the body overall. I…
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Histamine Intolerance Christmas Desserts
It’s dessert time! This month I’ll be giving away my 110 page Happy Holidays ebook free with every purchase, this year I’ve added a slew of…
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Histamine Intolerance Christmas Recipes 2016
At first glance it might seem that the holidays are a complete write off when you’re dealing with histamine intolerance and mast cell activation,…