The impact of histamine intolerance extends beyond physical symptoms, profoundly affecting our mental state and brain function. This can significantly impact how you feel mentally and physically, as research has found that histamine issues have all sorts of mental and brain impacts. 

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your regime.

Suffering with seasonal allergies or hay fever? It's that time of year...

Listen on for how to get some relief this year. 

Resources in this podcast

https://histamineintolerance.net/diet

https://histamineintolerance.net/supplements

Please note: Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your regime.

Stress and histamine are often linked, so remember to focus on this area as well as diet, supplements and so on.

Stress can have a significant impact on how you feel both mentally and physically, as research has found that histamine issues have all sorts of mental and brain impacts. I'm diving into this at the moment as I write my latest book. 

For example; “dysfunction of the histamine system may underlie some forms of apathy”, and “a potentially critical player in the pathology of depression, histamine”.

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your regime.

Part Two of my talk at the Health Optimisation Summit on histamine intolerance and mystery symptoms.

I spoke about histamine intolerance at the Health Optimisation Summit 2023, in London in June.

The Health Optimisation Summit is the event of the year for health enthusiasts and showcased 35 world-leading speakers, 105 cutting-edge exhibitors, and over 2,500 like-minded attendees, maybe see you there next year.


The Histamine Intolerance Healing Guide

Are you tired of struggling with unexplained symptoms that seem to have no solution?

Say goodbye to mysterious gut issues, constant fatigue, aches and pains, or that never-ending blocked up nose.

The Healing Guide for Histamine Intolerance is my masterclass to transform your life.

(A big claim I know, but I want to help you get the right support in every area of your life, starting now).

Hi I'm Tony and I'm histamine intolerant.

(Not a great Tinder profile lol)

I spoke about histamine intolerance at the Health Optimisation Summit 2023, in London in June.

My talk was called - Histamine Intolerance: The Cause Behind Your Mystery Symptoms?

This is Part One

This podcast is brought to you by:

The Histamine Intolerance Healing Guide

Are you tired of struggling with unexplained symptoms that seem to have no solution?

Say goodbye to mysterious gut issues, constant fatigue, aches and pains, or that never-ending blocked up nose.

The Healing Guide for Histamine Intolerance is my masterclass to transform your life.

(A big claim I know, but I want to help you get the right support in every area of your life, starting now).

Today on the podcast you'll hear a little of my personal story. 

When I was 18 years old, I was lucky enough to travel to Italy and live there for six months. But I also wonder if my time spent in Italy was the start of my histamine troubles.

I ate pizza and drank beer. That’s it. Every day. Pizza washed down with beer. Okay, occasionally a starter of pasta appeared before the pizzas, but it was mainly pepperoni pizza and beer.

Listen in for more!

THIS PODCAST IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY

The Histamine Intolerance Healing Guide

Are you tired of struggling with unexplained symptoms that seem to have no solution?

Say goodbye to mysterious gut issues, constant fatigue, aches and pains, or that never-ending blocked up nose.

The Healing Guide for Histamine Intolerance is my masterclass to transform your life.

(A big claim I know, but I want to help you get the right support in every area of your life, starting now).

There are some genes that impact histamine intolerance.

So it’s possible your histamine intolerance might be genetic and hereditary (or partially so).

It’s a complicated and ever-developing area, so I wanted to talk to you about it today. 

THIS PODCAST IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY

The Histamine Intolerance Healing Guide

Are you tired of struggling with unexplained symptoms that seem to have no solution?

Say goodbye to mysterious gut issues, constant fatigue, aches and pains, or that never-ending blocked up nose.

The Healing Guide for Histamine Intolerance is my masterclass to transform your life.

(A big claim I know, but I want to help you get the right support in every area of your life, starting now).

Today a story of stinging nettles and histamine intolerance. Exciting, hey?

And then... 

• Have you had gut issues?

• Do you have a sore back/achy knees/bad wrist?

• Do you have stomach problems,

• Do you have a permanently runny and stuffy nose?

• Do you have unexplained symptoms that nobody has been able to help you with?

Start to heal and dive deep into every area of histamine intolerance in this masterclass. It's time...

Visit https://histamineintolerance.net/masterclass

Ever since I can remember I’ve had hives. Unattractive bumps on hands and feet from histamine intolerance.

But recently, they’ve gone away…

Here I detail how I did it and resolved my skin and histamine issues. 

Stress and histamine are often linked, so remember to focus on this area as well as diet, supplements and so on.

Personally I find when I manage my stress levels better, my histamine levels come down significantly.

Currently, as you'll hear, I’m by the beach, and my stress levels are super low. So are my symptoms. This area is especially relevant when it comes to histamine intolerance I think.

Have you noticed a link between stress and histamine?

As we all start to wind down for the holiday season, check out today's podcast with some low histamine ideas to keep you healthy and happy over the next few days. 

And... those three festive fallbacks… check out Masszymes (get 22% off with code ZESTOLOGY10), Toxaprevent (get lifetime 5% off with code HISTAMINE5) and Histamine Block Plus (get 10% off with code TONY2022 - I take this stuff everywhere…)

What leftovers are good leftovers when you are histamine intolerant?

I have done one podcast before on leftovers, and then recently had some questions about histamine intolerance and leftovers and so here are the answers to those specific questions. 

BEFORE YOU GO: 

Up to 15% of people suffer from histamine intolerance and may not know it. Please don't suffer unnecessarily. If you think that is you, then follow hundreds of others and take my Masterclass. I guide you through the low-histamine maze, and we put a particular focus on learning about all the different foods that will help you heal. Sure, I eat less avocado these days (sad times), but I feel so much better than I used to.

Lots of you reach out every single day, frustrated because your practitioners just don't ‘get’ histamine intolerance.

Some even brush it off completely.

With this in mind, I hope to offer something that can help. 

Link to the completely new 2nd edition of the book:

Histamine Intolerance Explained

I'm going through a flare-up. Oof. And it's my fault. 

Listen in for more on flare-ups and symptoms, and what happened in the middle of the night last night. 

More about me and this podcast: 

I am a journalist, author published in 12 languages and I am histamine intolerant. (Although that’s not how I introduce myself at parties). For more check out the Histamine Intolerance Site at www.histamineintolerance.net

Let’s start to deal with your histamine intolerance right now.

Over the years I have brought my histamine levels under control. I learnt that making specific, targeted changes to my diet and lifestyle works well.

Learn a bit more about them. 

I thought I would do a post on normally "healthy foods" to avoid with histamine intolerance

Listen to this and then consider whether your histamine symptoms would be helped by cutting these foods out.

Up to 15% of people suffer from histamine intolerance and may not know it. Please don't suffer unnecessarily. If you think that is you, then follow hundreds of others and take my Masterclass. I guide you through the low-histamine maze, and we put a particular focus on learning about all the different foods that will help you heal. Sure, I eat less avocado these days (sad times), but I feel so much better than I used to.

I was amazed to discover that many people in this crazy histamine world react to sparkling water.

I live on San Pellegrino and it suits me really well. But I recently ran a question on my story on here and it seemed pretty evenly split 50/50.

So here's a podcast about histamine intolerance and water...

This is the last of my three short podcasts from my chat with April.

Recently I spoke to histamine expert April Alexandra on an instagram Live about everything to do with histamine intolerance.

We chatted about the link between alcohol, inflammation, and what the best alcohols might be with histamine intolerance (with the massive disclaimer that you must always consult with your practitioner. 

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

I'm delighted that we've teamed up with April over on the site to offer much-needed help for people. To book a session with April you can visit https://histamineintolerance.net/work-with-us

Recently I spoke to histamine expert April Alexandra on an instagram Live about everything to do with histamine intolerance.

We chatted about the link between wild swimming, cold exposure and histamine issues.

I'm delighted that we've teamed up with April over on the site to offer much-needed help for people. To book a session with April you can visit https://histamineintolerance.net/work-with-us

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

Recently I spoke to histamine expert April Alexandra on an instagram Live about everything to do with histamine intolerance.

We chatted about the link between sunlight, red light and dealing with histamine issues.

I'm delighted that we've teamed up with April over on the site to offer much-needed help for people. To book a session with April you can visit https://histamineintolerance.net/work-with-us

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

In no particular order...

Histamine Intolerance sufferers will recognise some of these.

This little supplement has gone through so much research. It's one of my favourites. 

Listen on - in this podcast, everything I'm taking at the moment and my thoughts on Toxaprevent.

DISCLAIMER: Always check with your doctor or health practitioner before starting any treatment program. ⁣This is not advice, it is intended for information and discussion only.⁣⁣⁣ 

Listen to the podcast and check out Toxaprevent (use code HISTAMINE5 for lifetime discount of 5% off)

Sometimes you have to read the small print... 🧐

I've been posting about something quite weird in my stories.

My new shorts have pemethrin in them (an insecticide) 😱.

I didn't know when I bought them. But then I looked a bit closer at the label.

"This textile contains a biocidal product with anti-insect properties. Active ingredient: Permethrin. May produce an allergic reaction."

Yup. You can say that again. When I wear them I don't feel so well.

What are your thoughts on insecticides like pemethrin, pesticides and other toxins being absorbed through the skin?

PS - I asked @craghoppers for my money back but they said no 😥

Today I share an innovative and lesser-known tip for managing sinus health with histamine intolerance.

And to my amazement, many people in our community use this already, and LOVE it. 

Check out https://histamineintolerance.net/ for more. 

Please note: Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your regime.

I‎ get so many questions about coffee - so here's another coffee podcast. 

I know you want to drink it - it's the one thing people really don't want to give up. 

So how can you drink coffee with histamine intolerance?

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

Start to heal from histamine intolerance. Info, resources and blogs at The Histamine Intolerance Site.

I recently completed a big hike (Yorkshire 3 Peaks - 39km in a day, so much fun!).

I ate more than 5000 calories on the day so my low-histamine snack game needed to be good. As we know good low-histamine snacks are hard to come by.

So here are some of my favourites.

DISCLAIMER: I FULLY EXPECT YOU TO DISAGREE WITH SOME OF MY SNACK CHOICES! That's histamine intolerance for you.

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

Histamine and skin issues go hand-in-hand.

If you are suffering from skin problems, definitely look at the jewellery you are wearing. When I took my wedding ring off, my symptoms get better almost instantly. So it must the the ring.⁣
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What about you?⁣
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Have you suffered this problem?⁣
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Any advice for the rest of us. I've been promising my wife I"ll get a tattoo of a ring instead - she's not that keen!🤣⁣⁣

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

Start to heal from histamine intolerance. Info, resources and blogs at The Histamine Intolerance Site

Ways to combat hay fever, reviewed (with marks out of 10!)

• Low Histamine diet
• Quercetin 
• Pycognecol 
• Histaminx
• OTCs

Start to heal from histamine intolerance. Info, resources and blogs at The Histamine Intolerance Site

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

Most people apparently do not consume enough protein to build muscle mass, especially as we get older. 

This can be more complicated when you are histamine intolerant. 

So today I look at protein on the histamine intolerance podcast. 

Since I founded this podcast and site the one thing people have asked me about more than anything else is...

Where can you find experts who really understand histamine intolerance?

I've been there myself. It’s tough. Many practitioners simply don’t understand it properly. After all, it is a complex condition.

Now, though, I may be able to help. Listen on for more details, or click here to team up with one of the world's top Naturopathic Nutritional Therapist for histamine intolerance to provide 1-to-1 coaching.

What happened when I was on holiday and I needed to know whether a particular fruit was low histamine or not?

I googled it, and up came my own website!

Here's more on fruit and in particular a delicious fruit that people seem to search for a lot on our site. 

Let's hear it for the good stuff, starting to heal, and feeling better with histamine intolerance. ⁣

🐟 Fish is normally high in histamine but I may have a solution for you

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

This is a bit of a weird post. But histamine intolerance sufferers will know exactly what I mean.

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

This podcast explores how stress acts as a trigger for histamine release and how this can affect sleep patterns and overall health. It also offers strategies to manage stress and mitigate its effects on histamine intolerance. (And it's only 5 minutes long!)

Check out https://histamineintolerance.net/ for more. 

Please note: Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your regime.

- What would you love to know about histamine intolerance?
- What burning question do you have?
- What answer would change your whole approach to histamine?

You may know that I have a histamine intolerance podcast now, and we are trialling a new AQA feature.

That's because people have So. Many. Questions. about histamine intolerance.

I get it - I do too! And I'm here to help as best I can.

If you have a question you want answering, I'll do my best and bring in experts to help if I can too.

Just head to www.histamineintolerance.net/questions and leave your question there.

Leave your question on the form, and then listen in to the podcasts marked AQA. 

The fascinating links between histamine intolerance and sleep.

When you can improve your sleep, your histamine levels goes down and when you can lower your histamine levels, your sleep improves. ⁣
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Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

Hands up who missed breakfast today?⁣ 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️⁣
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With intermittent fasting, you squeeze your meals into a certain amount of time (a feeding window). ⏰⁣

This might be 8, 10, or 12 hours depending on how adventurous you want to be.⁣

I tend to hit 7/8 most days. The rest of the time, you’ll simply consume water (and perhaps black coffee).⁣⁣
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This is one of my favourite hacks for histamine intolerance, and remember everyone is different. But it works for me. At first sight it may not seem directly related to HI. (Obviously always check with your Doc before starting any new diet)⁣ 👌⁣

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

A look at the wide and varied symptoms people get from histamine intolerance.

I'm pretty sure eating dark chocolate (which I love) gives me one specific symptom.⁣⁣
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My nose gets IMMEDIATELY blocked up.⁣⁣
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Anyone else get specific symptoms linked to particular foods? 👃⁣⁣

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

Avoiding leftovers is a key part of the low histamine diet, and this is respected in many ancient traditions too - including the ancient healing science of Ayurveda, where only fresh food should be eaten.

Also in the yogic tradition, leftovers are also a no-no.⁣

More on the podcast...

I just got back from my holiday. And I have a report from the buffet!

Is it to be avoided on a low-histamine diet? Let's find out.

FYI, the Healing Histamine website says this.

In baking, bicarbonate of soda and sometimes calcium carbonate, are great substitutes. I’ve found that natural fermentation is also preferable to man made yeast (which is not natural at all) that’s added in baking. There’s some debate as to whether yeast baked at very high temperature is still a problem for us. I have no information on whether nutritional yeast is alright from a histamine perspective. Of note is that vitamin B12 is made from bacterial process, which may account for why many struggle with it, while many vitamin B supplements generally are made from, or grown with, yeast. This absolutely does not mean we shouldn’t take them, but rather an explanation as to why they may have bothered you in the past.

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

Hives - pfffff. They do my head in.

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

For the Masterclass, head to www.histamineintolerance.net/masterclass

We also mention Toxaprevent on this podcast... Use the code HISTAMINE5 to get 5% discount on all Toxaprevent products.

What is the cause of your histamine intolerance and how do you plan to heal? That's the long term goal right? I've been thinking about the big histamine triggers. 

For some of us the answer is in the genes, and for some it's in the gut. For others it may lie in managing stress.

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

Here is a list of my favourite supplements for histamine intolerance.

Explore with the help of your practitioner...

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your regime.

✅ 🍽️ Histamine Nutrients (formerly called Histamine Block Plus)
✅ 🌀 Toxpravent (for detox and potentially flare-ups)
✅ 🌱 BioToxin Binder (for detox and potentially flare-ups)
✅ 🍊 Vitamin C (a ‘natural’ antihistamine)
✅ 🦠 Probiota HistaminX (histamine-friendly probiotic)
✅ 🌼 Quercetin (can bring relief in a flare-up)
✅ 🔥 SPMs (anti-inflammatory secret agent)
✅ 🍴 DAOfood Plus (before meals)
✅ 🌿 NaturDAO (also before meals, suitable for vegans)
✅ 💥 HistaminX (for flare-ups)
✅ 🌲 Pycnogenol (for allergy symptoms)
✅ 🥛 Colostrum (for immunity)
✅ 🐄 Grass Fed Kidney (for natural DAO before meals)
✅ 💆 Magnesium (for relaxation and flare-ups)
✅ 🏋️ Adrenal Support (to help reduce stress)
✅ 💤 CBD (for sleep and relaxation)
✅ 🔋 Methylated vitamins (for detox and general health)

What have I missed? 

One of the tips that comes up in the podcast is to use a tiny little humidity monitor to help you with mold and histamine intolerance. Genius idea. With that I can tell if the humidity is under 50% (good).

There’s loads more on humidity and other tips like this.

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

Let’s talk about histamine intolerance and cheese. ⁣⁣⁣
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I’m okay with some soft cheeses. But I went out last night and had a delicious curry with paneer in it. I discovered that isn't okay for me.

Feta is better, but it is listed as medium histamine on the food list on my site.

I’ve put particular care into the cheese area as this an area that lots of people ask about.

As a basic rule of thumb it seems the more aged the cheese the higher the levels of histamine.

So a blue veiny Stilton is absolutely off the chart, but a young mozzarella will tend to have much lower levels of histamine.

Disclaimer: Always check with your doctor or health practitioner before starting any treatment program. ⁣This is not advice, it is intended for information and discussion only.⁣⁣⁣

Feta is softish and many seem to tolerate it, and as always it might have to be something you test.⁣⁣⁣
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Do bookmark the food list on the website. I’ve made it as simple as possible with an emoji traffic light system to create the most comprehensive, alphabetical histamine intolerance list. ⁣
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* Red - high histamine = 😡
* Yellow - medium/debate = 🤔
* Green - foods generally low = ✅
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So when you are out and about you can simply open this page and search for the food you aren’t sure about. We’ve listed our sources on the site too. ⁣⁣⁣
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Where do you stand on cheese? Are you able to eat Feta? What about other cheeses?⁣⁣⁣ Let me know on the site.
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Just brewed ☕ A histamine-fighting hibiscus tea. ⁣
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Don’t take my word for it. Beth O’Hara says…⁣
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“Hibiscus is high in quercetin and kaempferol that can support mast cells. Be sure to use organic hibiscus flowers.”⁣
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And the Healing Histamine website calls hibiscus…⁣
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“Mast cell stabilising/antihistamine, quercetin rich and anti-inflammatory”⁣
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Are you a hibiscus tea fan? What teas do you recommend?

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.

Having been on holiday for the last two weeks, my ‘cute’ (some might say) freckles are out in force⁣
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We’ve talked regularly about the link between histamine intolerance and skin issues. ⁣I'm looking at two interesting areas at the moment, copper peptides and zeolite on the skin. I'll come to that in a second. But first. 
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But I wonder if anyone has noticed a link with;⁣
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Skin pigmentation⁣
Moles⁣
Freckles⁣
Rosacea⁣
Dark Skin Patches (probably not the technical term)⁣
Melasma⁣
Vitiligo⁣
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I don’t honestly know the answer which is why I’m asking! There’s an interesting article on the Healing Histamine site on this here which suggests a link.

https://healinghistamine.com/blog/how-histamine-affects-skin-pigmentation/

I'm looking at two interesting areas at the moment, copper peptides and zeolite on the skin. 

Everything on this podcast is provided for information only and may not be construed as medical advice or instruction. Always consult your health professional before changing your diet or regime.