Is Histamine Intolerance Genetic?
The genes that may be responsible for your histamine intolerance symptoms Is histamine intolerance in your genes?Your genes dictate who you are, and this is true for what happens both from a physical and a biological perspective! Think about your eye and hair color. You weren’t randomly assigned to be born with green eyes and blonde… continue reading
How GMO’s and Glyphosate Impact Histamine Intolerance
How agricultural changes may contribute to histamine intolerance Here’s how changes in agricultural practices may have contributed to a rising incidence of histamine intoleranceThere’s no question that food can affect your tolerance to histamine. There is, however, a question about what exactly is in the food you eat that leads to a poorer tolerance of its… continue reading
Histamine Intolerance, Estrogen and Hormonal Imbalances
The interesting link between estrogen and histamine intolerance Women more prone to HIT? This could be why…Your hormones are there to tightly regulate many critical processes that take place in your body. When they’re doing their job, you have loads of energy, you’re fit and strong, you’re on the ball and you simply feel amazing… continue reading
Histamine Intolerance and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Coronavirus info for those with histamine intolerant Histamine intolerance and COVID-19We’re living in a time of real uncertainty with the worldwide spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) and anxiety levels are either high, or people are living in absolute denial about its impact.The most important thing is to remain calm and clear-headed in situations such as these,… continue reading
How Histamine Intolerance Affects Your Brain
Histamine’s powerful effects on mood, sleep and stress How histamine intolerance affects your brainBy now you’re likely aware of the effects of histamine on your overall health, and how an excess of histamine is the reason behind your chronically dripping nose, digestive issues like bloating and cramps, and other irritating allergic reactions like a rash, itchy… continue reading
Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) – The Root Cause of Histamine Intolerance?
Are your mast cells responsible for your histamine intolerance? One thing is for certain: you can be sure you have a histamine problem if you develop symptoms like chronic runny nose, digestive upsets, headaches or migraines, or are tired all the time. In addition to this, you experience multiple other, seemingly unrelated, medical conditions that… continue reading
Nutrient Deficiencies with Histamine Intolerance
Is your low histamine diet working against you? When it comes to managing your histamine intolerance, surely nothing can be worse for you than eating foods packed with histamine, histamine liberators or DAO blockers? Believe it or not, the only thing that might be worse than this is… not eating these foods! Wait, what…? Hear me out; I… continue reading
Why Food Triggers a Histamine Response
What is it about the foods we eat that causes a histamine response? You’ve seen a list. Maybe you’ve seen many different lists… Lists that tell you which foods you should be avoiding because of the histamine flare ups you’re getting, in the hope of preventing symptoms like itchy eyes, skin rashes, and a whole host… continue reading
Approaching Histamine Intolerance with your Doctor
Helping your doctor recognize and understand your histamine intolerance Living with a histamine intolerance can be maddening. It’s not just frustrating… no, it’s maddening. What, with the long list of symptoms you couldn’t quite pinpoint – or still can’t! – to anything specific you ate or did, plus the brushing off you’ve had to endure trying to… continue reading
How Hormones Impact Histamine Intolerance
The fascinating link between histamine and hormones Why you’re histamine intolerant if you’re a woman As a woman, we have estrogen to thank for our feminine characteristics. It’s the hormone that gives us our figure, our softer voice and allows us to have a family. Estrogen is an important part of a woman’s health and function,… continue reading
Histamine Intolerance Genetics and Gene Mutations
Discover the link between genetics and histamine intolerance – and, what you can do about it Did your histamine intolerance start in your genes? Constant headaches that often turn into migraines. Anxiety, irritability and mood disturbances. Nausea, digestive symptoms and reactions to even healthy foods. Constant runny nose, sneezing, itching eyes or skin… These are typically the… continue reading
Gut Health and Histamine Intolerance
The underlying connection between digestive health and your histamine symptoms So, you know – or have a high level of suspicion that you’re histamine intolerant – but what you may not know is that it could be coming from poor gut health. Your body just doesn’t seem to be coping with the amount of this compound,… continue reading
The Ultimate Guide to Histamine Intolerance
Could it be a histamine intolerance?!If you’ve been itching and scratching in response to food, developing hives and anxiety and even digestive issues to boot – you may have histamine intolerance. What’s histamine intolerance? Well, it’s a very underrecognized – but very real – disorder that may be behind all of your strange, allergy-like symptoms. Today, I’ll… continue reading
What is a DAO Deficiency? How to Increase DAO Enzymes Naturally
Reduce histamine symptoms by increasing DAO enzymes A diamine oxidase (DAO) deficiency is one of the most common causes of histamine intolerance. The DAO enzyme is responsible for breaking down histamine in your body. When it can’t break everything down, a build up occurs and you experience histamine intolerance symptoms. You can take a DAO supplement,… continue reading
Probiotics for Histamine Intolerance: What You Need to Know
If you’ve been trying to find the best probiotics for histamine intolerance – your search is over. Probiotics are one of the most essential supplements for healing histamine intolerance. But many people don’t know that most probiotics actually produce histamine. Wait, what? That’s right. Even those healthy strains of bacteria you’ve been taking daily may be making… continue reading
The Master List of Low Histamine Foods to Eat (and Which Foods to Avoid)
Looking for a low histamine food list to ease what ails you? Do you want a comprehensive list of high histamine foods, so that you know your low histamine diet is accurately being followed? Are you sick and tired of experiencing food sensitivities, skin rashes, digestive symptoms and other chronic symptoms?Get the food list!A list of low… continue reading
Histamine Intolerance Frequently Asked Questions
Histamine and low histamine dietQ: Why is histamine intolerance difficult to diagnose? A: Histamine is present in every body system and is part of our naturally functioning immune system. This means that when there is an intolerance, it can impact any and all systems in the body, which is what makes it so difficult to recognise… continue reading
The Antihistamine Diet: An Antihistamine Foods List to Reduce Inflammatory Symptoms
What if antihistamine foods could change your body and improve your symptoms for good? What if an antihistamine diet could improve your digestion, your skin, change your sleeping patterns, eliminate pain, possibly even aid in weight-loss (and actually keep it off!) and, improve overall health? If your current all-natural diet doesn’t seem to be controlling your symptoms, let’s… continue reading
H. pylori and Histamine Intolerance: Top 7 Natural Interventions
Have you ever heard about the connection between H. pylori and histamine intolerance? Bacterial issues and histamine intolerance tend to go hand-in-hand. Most histamine intolerant individuals are working to rebalance their gut bacteria using histamine safe probiotics. But, did you know that there’s a particular bacterium called H. pylori, which is carried by nearly half of the… continue reading
Is Exercise Causing Your Histamine Intolerance Symptoms
Have you ever wondered if there’s a link between exercise and histamine intolerance? Can exercise reduce histamine levels? Or, are your symptoms getting worse through exercise induced histamine release? What’s the case and where do you draw the line between pushing through body-healing exercise or calling it quits to prevent irritating your histamine intolerance? As early as 1935, researchers showed… continue reading