Unexplained weight gain? Dr. Oz blames hidden food allergies!
Ok here’s one I totally relate to. Dr. Mehmet Oz, on his show, recently explained how hidden food allergies can make you gain up to 30lbs (20kg) a YEAR. Here’s Dr. Oz on his show explaining how, when faced with an undiagnosed allergy whereby the good bacteria cannot process the food (I think maybe he’s […]
The Low Histamine Dessert book is here!
Diagnosed with histamine intolerance/histaminosis, mast cell activation or mastocytosis? Looking for a tasty treat but have no clue where to start? My first dessert book – the Low Histamine Dessert book – is gluten free, milk free, and refined sugar free, perfect for those necessary indulgences, without the histamine hangover. I’ve always been a healthy […]
Middle Eastern & Indian spices lower histamine (and other biogenic amines) in foods!
More reasons to go natural – here’s a study showing that the addition of Middle Eastern spice sumac to Turkish sausage lowers the biogenic amines tyramine and putrsecine in foods more effectively than BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene). The effect of sumac extract and BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) addition on the quality (pH, colour, biogenic amine, TBARS values […]
Fox News report on histamine intolerance covers mood/depression link!
Fox News is the first major player to cover histamine intolerance (histaminosis). Interestingly the link between histamine disorders and mood/depression are mentioned in the report. Check out the full story here.
Food additive sensitive ADHD kids may lack histamine-degrading HNMT enzyme
Children lacking the HNMT gene responsible (along with Diamine Oxidase) for degrading histamine in the body, are likely to suffer an increase in adverse reactions to food additives and colorings, which may exacerbate existing ADHD [1]. I have a feeling we’ll be seeing many more studies making a stronger case for food additives and colorings being […]
How histamine causes anxiety symptoms (or GAD)
So the theme emerging the last few days has been that people are being told that the histaminosis/histamine intolerance is all in their head. The usual. Only rather than doctors, it’s friends and family telling them. It’s only since my recovery that people have stopped trying to convince me I’m nuts. In a way it’s understandable. […]
Carrageenan causes histamine induced inflammation
UPDATE: I have edited this post to reflect that carrageenan is an adulterated derivative of Irish Moss. “Carrageenan induced inflammation-protocol” is a phrase that keeps coming up in my histamine research. Why is this relevant? Carrageenan, a derivative of Irish Moss, is a common food additive. A quick Google search turns up thousands of studies where anti-inflammatory medicines and compounds are […]
Histamine’s role in chronic bladder inflammation (or Interstitial Cystitis)
UPDATE 2016: Since this post I have found that oxalic acid found in plants is quite possibly far more of an issue than histamine/mast cells in my bladder issue. Moderating oxalate combined with my histamine balanced diet has completely cleared up my life long bladder pain and frequency. Read the post here. You can buy the low oxalate […]
Histamine induced uterine contractions a danger in pregnancy.
Irresistible to the opposite sex? Histamine could be why!
Estrogen can cause major histamine release in the body. Now why would you want that? Because histamine makes you um, randy, and your biological imperative is to procreate. We shouldn’t really complain though,estrogen makes us more attractive to the opposite sex…but back to my point. Studies on female rats show that estrogen supplementation, or natural fluctuations […]