Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
One of you (thanks P) let me know that there is a new grass-fed beef box available from Green Pasture Farms. It looks like they have done their best to make contents as low histamine as they can. Excellent idea. Christine looked at it carefully for us. She says: "It's very good in that they …
If you suffer with horrible food reactions, this one is for you! I've written down my top tips for calming things down. This is a much extended and updated version of the old factsheet and this time I've included my most successful supplement protocols to lower acute reactions, info on the brain retraining technique I …
Just to say Christine and I have just finished updating one of the most popular Purehealth books - the Histamine Factsheet. I noticed it was being downloaded a lot and we have checked and corrected all links and updated some of the info. Download the Histamine Factsheet here This 40 page factsheet will help you …
I have often said that leaky gut should be assumed if you have a chronic disease, and treat anyway. This quote bears me out... Intestinal permeability has been suggested as a root cause of autoimmune diseases, systemic inflammation, and food sensitivities. Healing the gut barrier is so pivotal for resolving chronic disease that if it …
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Great new book out today for those of you who are histameanies. Ninety-five recipes for histamine intolerance, all of which, knowing Michelle, will be tasty and easy to make. Treat yourself. Combine this with the protocol-specific clinical approach in my Histamine Factsheet and you have yourself a great way forward for improving - and hopefully …
A great reminder here from Biocare about the importance of making sure your detox abilities are optimal all year round and not just during the traditional spring time. That said, in Chinese medicine theory, Spring is an ideal time for a clear-out, not just of your cupboards, but of your liver, so if you're going …
I've been doing an awful lot of work on loss of oral tolerance recently in a bid to uncover the myriad biochemical reasons someone might be multi-sensitive. I have a lot more to do on it; I'm trying to do the research between patients for us and come up with a plan we can use …
As promised, here are my notes on testing histamine intolerance, taken straight from the factsheet - which you can find for a mere fiver on the shop and on Amazon. Diagnosing and treating histamine intolerance is quite complex. First, for checking neurological levels, you can test your levels of histamine in blood or urine nowadays quite simply. You will …
Continue reading "Histamine Intolerance – How Best To Test? Part 3"
When I show people the list of symptoms for histamine 'intolerance', there's always that look of doubt as it does seem you could literally get symptoms anywhere in the body. People distrust that unsurprisingly - a bit snake-oily, isn't it?! The reason is because histamine plays so many roles in the body and there are …
Continue reading "Histamine Intolerance – Why Do We Get Symptoms Everywhere? Part 2"
  As promised, to celebrate the launch of my new Histamine factsheet on the shop and Amazon Kindle, here is the first of a series of posts on histamine intolerance for you.. Today, we'll look at the most common symptoms. People tend to think of histamine intolerance 'just' in terms of headaches, hayfever and hives, but …
Continue reading "Histamine Intolerance – Does This Sound Like You? Part 1"