Is Food Making You Sick?: The Strictly Low Histamine Diet

People all over the world suffer from histamine intolerance without being aware of it. We itch sneeze suffer from joint pain inflammation sleep disorders irritability anxiety bowel disease diarrhea flatulence stomach pain heartburn and acid reflux nausea bloating and other digestive problems eczema psoriasis tissue swelling urticaria (hives) itching skin itching scalp sinusitis runny nose puffy eyes hay fever asthma and breathing difficulties or endure tension headaches migraines fuzzy thinking dizziness irregular heartbeat painful periods (women) sudden drops in blood pressure faintness or flushing immediately after the consumption of histamine-rich foods or many hours afterwards. Histamine is colorless odorless and tasteless - invisible and undetectable except by scientific analysis and yet crucial to our well-being. Individual histamine tolerance thresholds vary greatly. A range of circumstances including our genes our environment our diet and stress cause our bodies histamine levels to rise. If they rise faster than our bodies can break them down we experience the excessive inflammation brought on by histamine intolerance or HIT. The good news is if we can understand what is happening and why we can treat or prevent this widely unrecognized condition. By far the best way to treat histamine intolerance is with diet. All foods with the potential to raise histamine levels should be avoided until symptoms improve. This book discusses HIT in depth including causes symptoms and therapies backed by scientific research. Along with a list of foods to help HIT sufferers it includes a wide range of recipes for everything from entrées to desserts.