Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
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 …
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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"
Yay, I have been brave and created an Amazon Kindle version of the new Histamine Factsheet for anyone who prefers that format. Same price, same info 🙂 This is not a diet book; it's a specific-protocol plan for people to consider and I've crammed it with simple but effective info and tips based on the …
Recently, I've been thinking about histamine intolerance - mostly because I was finding if I slather my head in antihistamine cream, it seems to help my headaches/migraine and also I realised that my core diet fits very well with the histamine diet. Ooer, I thought. So, of course, off I went researching it. I know …
It is very definitely hayfever season right now and my nose is tickling away. It has been said that this is one of the worst hayfever seasons for a long while this year - however my own is the best it has ever been, hardly any so far :). I know some of you are …
This time, not one of my books! Dr Janice Joneja (her of the really useful Histamine Intolerance Q&A you can see on my histamine section here) has brought out a new Beginner's Guide which I read and reviewed last week. I thought it was great and will be very useful when people ask me: …
A few months ago, Allergy Research Group released a welcome new DAO enzyme product for helping people with histamine intolerance. (If you don't know about histamine intolerance and what I am talking about, do read my article Could It Be Histamine? The product caused much confusion (with me and a few of you anyway!) because …
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Interesting article on histamine intolerance causing panic and anxiety today for you. Histamine, anxiety and panic attacks That's helpful in itself, isn't it, but whilst I was reading it, I picked up the fact that histamine intolerance is commonly triggered at peri-menopause, right when the hormone levels are changing yet again. This does fit in …
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Just a quickie to let you know that I have now managed to get one lab to do both whole blood/urine histamine and DAO (diamine oxidase) levels which will make life easier for those tracking their histamine intolerance. We have been using Biolab for some time now for the body levels of histamine and they …