High histamine, can’t sleep?
Have allergies (or histamine intolerance, mast cell activation, mastocytosis) and can’t sleep? It’s not just you – a new study reveals that in narcolepsy, a condition that causes excess sleep, extra histamine is produced. While we’re on the topic of sleep… CLICK HERE TO CREATE YOUR OWN PERSONALISED HEALING HISTAMINE PLAN. Here are my top 5 […]
Eating with intent – antihistamines on a plate.
I make no bones about the fact that I believe the key to moderating, managing, treating or “recovering” from histamine intolerance, mast cell activation and mastocytosis lies in the very thing many of us are afraid of. Am I allowed to say the “F” word here? Ok, I’m going for it. FOOD. It’s the four […]
Shutting down histamine reactions (quickly)
As you all know by now (’cause I’m fond of reminding you), I’m not a doctor. What I am is an avid student of nutrition,) and a mast cell activation/histamine intolerance survivor and thriver. The pictures I post of myself traveling the world aren’t a vanity project. When I made the decision to bare my […]
Beelieve it or not – some pollens are antihistamines!
Scared of pollen? Judging by the seasonal media scaremongering (“allergy season spells misery for millions” etc), you’re not the only one. But as with so many aspects of histamine, pollen has been demonised. It’s time to explore the upside of bee pollen. In animal studies bee pollen extract containing the flavinoid myricetin has been shown […]
Amaranth: the new green antihistamine
And we’re back baby. My designer has been taking so long to redevelop the site that I finally caved and put it back up for the meantime. It’s been tough not sharing all that I’ve found these last few weeks – but rest assured I have a BUMPER crop of information that’s going to rock […]
Histamine meditation
My Silva post a few weeks ago led to quite a few people asking for more details on how I used meditation to get me over the worst of my histamine reactions. Well, guess what? Last night was fairly unpleasant, well a little scary really, but I thought it would be a good time to finally show […]
These probiotics lower histamine (rather than raising it)
UPDATED POST IBS getting on your nerves? If the studies I’m reading are anything to go by, step one appears to be calming those nerves! I’ve spent a great deal of time reporting on the role of stress on mast cell activation, histamine release, allergies and general inflammation. Stress can cause mast cells to release […]
The Histamine Survival Series – Restaurants
‘Tis the season to head to warmer climes and enjoy a little dining…but eating out is no picnic when you have histamine intolerance/histaminosis/mast cell activation/mastocytosis. And yet this has never stopped me from trying (and succeeding). My top tip for surviving restaurants is PREPARE! 1. I have a couple of restaurants who have my allergies/preferences […]
10 histamine (non food) triggers (and how I deal with them)
As you may know, histamine disorders (roll call: histamine intolerance, histaminosis, chronic allergies, mast cell activation and mastocytosis) have more than one trigger. And by that I’m not counting individual foods, just a whole mess of stuff that can cause histamine to be released into the blood stream. I’m successfully managing a number of them […]
Ayurvedic remedy helps fight flab, fix your thyroid and lower histamine levels!
I’m taking a number of steps to help my body recover from any inadvertent histamine hiccups (ahem, cupcake incidents) I may subject it to. One of them is the food-coaching course I’m taking with my nutritional hero Dr. Fuhrman, and an intensive immersion into herbalism, which I’m sure to expand upon in coming years. I’m […]