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 time, but have now discovered that curcumin, an antihistamine and anti-inflammatory compound in turmeric root, can help prevent them. (But read on for the downside too please). In the same
“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 doctors and I have been quite convinced that I hit peri-menopause in my teens, and yet all blood tests came back 100% normal. After driving significant others to despair with
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 what we know. It’s wonderfully validating to find study after study showing that the foods in my diet and cookbooks are the right ones for histamine intolerance and inflammation. You’ll find
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 to be avoided at all costs, especially when there’s no good reason to keep them in the diet. Inflammation compounds. You can have a normal-ish histamine level, but if your
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 been found to be beneficial in at least IBD, a change of diet and lifestyle may be a safe and effective alternative, or addition to, pharmaceutical intervention. A number of
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), it might be time to examine the known histamine and mast cell triggers in commercially available toothpastes, and which alternatives exist. I was stumped. Every evening, at about the same
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 don’t work, inflammation is the likely root cause. In my case, I was medicated for over a decade with pharmaceuticals that made me sicker. I was declared bipolar and lost
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 spent on medications for it. Researchers have now found that diet is just as effective at relieving it. An antihistamine working on the histamine 2 receptor called Zantac was in
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 so shallow, as caring about the way I looked, had a place in my life. Thankfully I realised that there was a balance to be struck between slathering layers of
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 from the featured photo that many high zinc foods are high histamine. Below you’ll find a list of low/medium histamine foods. All references always at the bottom of the post.
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 to place, and other times just that folks haven’t devoted the necessary years to researching the workarounds. Very simply, foods can have opposing properties: on the one hand they could
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 because fish is only considered a problem when it’s not fresh, when histamine levels rise as a result of bacteria as it spoils. The trick is getting the absolute freshest