Beanz meanz antihistamines!
Updated post, originally published in March 2013. A research scientist friend, whose findings on the anti-cancer benefits of spirulina were recently published (see end of post for link), messaged me yesterday, asking if I was aware that yet another food on the “high histamine” or “Histamine NO” lists, actually has antihistamine properties. Indeed I am, […]
Buy, borrow or steal this book. Your body & brain will thank you!
“…what you really need to translate for people — those for whom Western medicine has done all it can — is this: all the science is pointing to the fact that your brain is your last best cure.” – Anastasia Rowland-Seymour, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins (in a quote to author Donna Jackson Nakazawa). […]
BUY, BORROW OR STEAL THIS BOOK. YOUR BODY & BRAIN WILL THANK YOU!
“…what you really need to translate for people — those for whom Western medicine has done all it can — is this: all the science is pointing to the fact that your brain is your last best cure.” – Anastasia Rowland-Seymour, MD, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins (in a quote to author Donna Jackson Nakazawa). […]
The inflammation bucket (why I can now eat shrimp)
You’ve heard of the histamine bucket – whereby every little bit of histamine put into the body (food, animal dander, stress, pollen) builds, until it spills over into a reaction. You then need to spend a certain amount of time emptying it in order to feel better (antihistamines, green juice, stress relief). But here’s a […]
The Low Oxalate (low histamine) Cookbook
The low oxalate cookbook isn’t just for those on a low oxalate diet…there’s plenty of tasty, high nutrient, low histamine recipes for all! Wondering how on earth to go low oxalate and low histamine at the same time? The low oxalate cookbook serves up the high nutrient antihistamine and anti-inflammatory recipes I created to fuel […]
Anti-inflammatory Fruit Bread (gluten free)
Breakfast, we’re told, is the most important meal of the day. Which is why a quart/litre of green juice/smoothie is my absolute favourite. Sometimes though I’m feeling a bit more decadent, or want something to snack on later in the day, or even for dessert. And that’s how this antihistamine and anti-inflammatory breakfast fruit loaf […]
Histamine Intolerance, allergy & mast cell supplements pt1 (transcript)
Thanks so much to Judith for your transcription of this video – very kind of you to make this text available to our community. And a quick note to anyone who has a little spare time and would like a couple of free books – please let me know if you are up for transcribing […]
Eczema: a mast cell/histamine related condition
It’s official: though we’ve long suspected it, we can now add eczema/atopic dermatitis to the list of histamine/mast cell related conditions. A new study [1] recently proved, for the first time in humans, that mast cells (the pesky little buggers that house histamine in the body) are a key culprit in causing eczema (also known […]
Love: nature’s anti-inflammatory
A few weeks ago I wrote about the role of toxic relationships on inflammation and illness in general. Why talk about inflammation rather than histamine? Histamine’s role in the body is to begin healing (and others) by causing inflammation in the body. When you have too much histamine in the body, there’s a ton of […]
Anti-inflammatory Mushroom Summer Rolls
Here’s an explanation of why I include higher histamine food in my personal diet (but not yet in my cookbooks!). Four years had passed since a mushroom graced my palate, when, on a whim, I bravely ordered up “Field Mushrooms with Parmesan and Arugula, in a Butter Garlic Sauce” in a small country pub in […]