Happy Holidays: the (mini) Christmas Book

high nutrient pecan pie

             (Ok everybody, sing to the tune of jingle bells!) Oh-what-fun-it-is-to-write-aaaaaaaaaaaaa-Christmaaaaaaaas-boooooook-for-yoooooooooou! Yay! I’m finally done with the most fun menu I’ve put together. All recipes are highly adaptable and offer many, many substitution possibilities. These low histamine recipes are low oxalate, mostly paleo (or can be easily adapted), dairy free, gluten free and of course, […]

Are you eating these seasonal healing foods?

green tomato plant

Lovely farmer’s market green tomato tree is still around, despite being out of season! But I was there on another mission… Friends and family remain shocked by my (seemingly) encyclopedic knowledge of the healing powers of foods. Valuable space I might add, once allotted to remembering heads of state (in my former career as a […]

Best oxalate lowering cooking methods

Elephant, festival ,Jaipur, Royal Rajasthan, India, Asia

It hasn’t been too long since my initial oxalate post but my oh my word, low oxalate has rocked my world. Basketball stomach is now a thing of the past, as is razor blade in urethra fun time and, most importantly, cry in pain sexy time. You may want to look into oxalates if you have […]

Lectins: friend or foe?

beans

Lectins: they help fight cancer but can cause mast cells to release histamine. The good news is that how you cook them makes a world of difference.  You know how I said a few weeks ago that I stuck my head in the sand over the whole oxalate causing pain down there issue? Well the […]

Green Goddess Antihistamine & Anti-inflammatory Juice

Green Goddess Antihistamine & Anti-inflammatory Juice

This histamine-lowering quercetin rich juice appears in the Anti-Cookbook: High Nutrient Antihistamine & Anti-inflammatory Recipes for Health. You know how you take antihistamines for allergies? Well antihistamines are found in food too; especially in brightly coloured and leafy green ones (sorry, nope, not M&Ms). Having given up antihistamines last year, my focus has shifted to […]

Antihistamine Butternut Squash Soufflé (paleo & low oxalate)

Antihistamine shallot chutney

I came face to face with one of my greatest fears this last week: catastrophic hard drive failure with no current back up. The fallout wasn’t as unpleasant as I had anticipated – sure, I lost the final draft of a mega project I had just finished, but I got to spend a lovely week […]

Low oxalate low histamine diet – the missing link?

Decorative cabbage

The one last major symptom that can drive me to despair is chronic inflammation “down there”. Having eliminated wheat, gluten, dairy, all grains, all sugar but fruit, I’m a little stumped by what’s going on. Sure I know about the mast cell Interstitial Cystitis link (as per NIH funded Dr Theoharides) [1] but given that I […]

Juicy leftovers: Antihstamine & Anti-inflammatory Veggie Jerky

Antihistamine veggie beef jerky

I really hate throwing out food; don’t you? Dumping bucket after bucket of lovely juicing leftovers (minus what went into plant compost) was just getting silly – till I finally decided it was make it or break it time for the dehydrator. Yes my friends, I finally took the plunge a few weeks ago – […]

Interview: Hippocrates Institute director Dr Brian Clement

dr brian clement

Last weekend, thanks to Gina S. and Jill Swyers of the Fresh Network and Hippocrates Institute, I was incredibly privileged to be granted an interview with the director of what I consider to be the world’s most prestigious natural health institute. As much as I’ve changed my diet over the years, speaking with Dr Brian […]

The Anti-Cookbook: Antihistamine & Anti-inflammatory recipes

The Anti-Cookbook: High Nutrient Antihistamine and Anti-inflammatory Recipes for Health cover

CLICK THE IMAGE ABOVE TO PURCHASE THE BOOK (Now also available in a Paleo version) Wondering why you’re still not feeling better, despite eliminating all the foods those lists tell you to? Have a niggling suspicion that losing all those high nutrient foods could be counter productive? Starting to worry that your five “safe foods” […]