Histamine Haven

Luka Symons B.A. CHNC, Tracey Reed B.Ed. CHNC

Description

Histamine Haven is a resource guide and cookbook designed to share the science behind histamine intolerance and mast cell activation disorders.
“… Tracey and Luka have written an easy-to-understand reference book brimming with information and amazing recipes. (...) Following the paleo low histamine diet covers the majority of issues that arise within individuals suffering from complex multi-symptom illness. A must read!”
—Dr. Bruce Hoffman, Co-author of the paper Diagnosis of mast cell activation syndrome: a global “consensus-2” with Dr. Lawrence Afrin
Histamine Haven is a resource guide and cookbook designed to share the science behind histamine intolerance and mast cell activation disorders.
Tracey Reed and Luka Symons, both holistic nutrition professionals, share how changing their diet allowed them to navigate these conditions and symptoms with ease. They provide detailed information, helpful tips and tricks, and more than 140 easy recipes that lead to a delicious and empowering journey to wellness.
Histamine Haven is:
• low histamine
• low lectin
• low salicylate
• low oxalate
• low mold
& fits in with an AIP approach
Histamine can do lots of great things for you, but what about when you have too much? Can foods high in histamine be contributing to your health problems?

Get to the bottom of what’s ailing you and discover a diet that alleviates symptoms with this essential guide to histamine and mast cell activation.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Santé du quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Santé au quotidien
• Self-help

Informations

• Publié par: Archway Publishing
• Date de parution: 05 avril 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781665725668
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

Copyright © 2023 Tracey Reed B.Ed., CHNC & Luka Symons B.A., CHNC.
 
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
 
The information provided is not intended as medical advice, nor is it intended to replace the care of a qualified health care professional. This content is not intended to diagnose or treat any diseases. Always consult with your primary care physician or licensed healthcare provider for all diagnosis and treatment of any diseases or conditions, for medications or medical advice as well as before changing your health care regimen.
 
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Photographs by Eluvier Acosta.
 
ISBN: 978-1-6657-2568-2 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-6657-2566-8 (e)
 
Library of Congress Control Number: 2022911491
 
 
Archway Publishing rev. date: 10/11/2023
 
 
 
 
 

 
For our moms, who showed us the importance of being in the kitchen.
 
Tracey and Luka have written an incredibly informative book describing the latest dietary approaches to reduce inflammation and histamine issues which are ubiquitous within today’s chronic disease epidemic. Tracey and Luka have written an easy-to-understand reference book brimming with information and amazing recipes. Thousands of books have been written about a myriad of dietary approaches to well-being, but it is my opinion, that following the paleo low histamine diet covers the majority of issues that arise within individuals suffering from complex multi-symptom illness. A must read!
Dr. Bruce Hoffman
Owner of The Hoffman Centre for Integrative and Functional Medicine
Co-author of the paper Diagnosis of mast cell activation syndrome: a global “consensus-2” with Dr. Lawrence Afrin
The knowledge and recipes in this book hold a key solution to regaining your health! Tracey and Luka have done humanity a great service by diving deep into this critical topic. This book contains expert guidance, volumes of referenced research, and an abundance of absolutely delicious recipes. From the content of these pages, you will no longer have to guess what the hidden causes of your symptoms are, and you will know exactly how to work your way out and through the health challenges, you have struggled with by simply being in your kitchen. This book is a must for all serious seekers of health regardless of whether you suffer from histamine intolerance or mast cell activation syndrome.
Malcolm Saunders
Co-owner of Light Cellar
Author of the books Elixir Life: Modern Nutrition Meets Ancient Herbal Wisdom and Chocolate Life: the Alchemy of Cacao for Flavour, Function, Feeling.
Contents
Introduction
Our Stories
Part 1: Everything You Need to Know About Histamine
-   What is Histamine?
-   When Healthy Foods Make You Sick
-   Histamine Symptoms
-   Why Are Symptoms So Varied?
-   Conditions Associated with Histamine & Mast Cell Mediators
-   Getting To the Root of Histamine Troubles
-   The Science Behind the Diet
Part 2: Other Really Important Stuff You Need to Know
-   Calm
-   Digital Detox
-   Sleep
-   Liver & Gut Support
-   Talk To Your Doc
-   Connection
Part 3: Eating
-   Turning Your Kitchen into a Haven
-   Foods
-   Out of the Kitchen
Part 4: Read This Before You Start
Part 5: Meal Plans
Part 6: Recipes
-   Kitchen Staples
-   Flavors & Sauces
-   Breakfast
-   Soups
-   Mains
-   Salads & Sides
-   Baking
-   Snacks
-   Beverages
-   Desserts
Acknowledgements
References
Introduction
This book is here to help anyone suffering with histamine intolerance or mast cell activation.
Estimates vary widely in the research literature as to how many suffer from these conditions, ranging from 1% 1 up to 17%. 2 It is likely largely under-diagnosed due to restrictive diagnostic criteria. 3
Many have never even heard of these conditions. Curious to know more?
Histamine intolerance occurs when the body has built up too much histamine, either because it produces too much, or has difficulty breaking it down.
Mast cells are best known for releasing histamine and other chemicals during an allergic reaction. Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) is one type of mast cell activation disorder where mast cells are hyper-reactive, and release excessive amounts of chemical mediators. Unlike an allergic reaction, there are various triggers that stimulate the release of chemical mediators. These reactions are sometimes referred to as pseudo-allergies, or idiopathic allergies (unknown cause), because the antibodies involved in an allergic response aren’t present.
Both conditions can result in a variety of seemingly unrelated symptoms that come and go, or even migrate in the body.
Increasingly, people are suffering from symptoms their doctors can’t explain. Over time, more symptoms show up, and more and more prescriptions are offered. This list might include things like proton pump inhibitors for GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease), asthma or nasal inhalers, antihistamines or EpiPens, cortisone creams, pain medications or anxiety medications.
Have any of these been suggested to you? Maybe you thought you’d be on them for a short while, and it turned into months or years or decades.
Often no diagnosis is offered that explains all the symptoms. In some cases, a diagnosis may fit your collection of symptoms, but there is no effective treatment. Why? Because your doctor was not taught about the histamine or mast cell connection.
Perhaps you have even done the rounds with specialists. An allergist, an ear-nose-throat specialist, a dermatologist, a gastroenterologist, a hematologist, a rheumatologist etc. Each doctor offers another prescription. Maybe those prescriptions help, but maybe they don’t—or maybe they make things worse.
Perhaps you’ve tried the natural route, and nothing seems to help. You react differently to herbal remedies than anticipated, or they exacerbate symptoms. Your practitioner can’t explain why and offers a new treatment. You keep trying things to little or no avail.
You may have lucked out and found a practitioner who understood histamine issues. You’ve been handed a low-histamine food list and left to figure out how to proceed on your own. You found some recipes online and are managing your symptoms, but you still wonder what is at the root of your issues. Could your histamine intolerance be mast cell activation syndrome?
All these situations are frustrating. We know— we’ve been through it too.
As nutrition professionals, we had to unlearn what we had been taught about how to use food for wellness. Some of that we learned the hard way by experiencing the effects in our own bodies—not fun! But we took those experiences, did the research to understand what happened, and learned the right way to manage histamine symptoms.
Somehow you found your way here, and boy are we glad you have! Maybe a friend or practitioner suggested you research histamine intolerance or mast cell activation syndrome. Maybe you were sick and tired of feeling sick and tired, and took matters into your own hands. It doesn’t matter how you got here—it just matters that you are finally here. You want to feel better.
There are good cookbooks out there that follow a low-histamine diet. They can help manage symptoms, but don’t address the root of your histamine issues. They sure don’t address the complexity of mast cell activation.
Sometimes it is hard to convince people that diet can make such a huge difference. We want to change that perception. We have both seen first-hand how powerful diet can be, in our own health, and in clients struggling with histamine intolerance or mast cell activation syndrome.
Increasingly we are seeing dietary protocols like the Autoimmune Protocol, the GAPS™ diet or a ketogenic diet gain in popularity, and profoundly impact people’s lives for specific health conditions. Now the Histamine Haven Protocol exists for those with histamine intolerance and MCAS.
We intend this book as an all-in-one resource. The first section of the book is all about histamine: we took a deep dive into the research, then tried to make it accessible by explaining it in simpler terms.
Part 2 discusses a few things you can do to help yourself, including what questions to ask your doctor. This section is all about empowering you with lifestyle tools to help manage histamine symptoms.
Then we move into all things food. Everything you need to know to succeed in the kitchen, and keep histamine and mast cell triggers in foods low can be found here. We have lists of all the foods you can eat, plus cool tips like which foods are anti-histaminic, and how to draw out the flavors in simple foods, and what to do if there are other foods that you can’t eat. We finish things off with tips for snacks, packed lunches, dining out and eating while travelling.
There is a ton of great information in those first sections, but if you aren’t into reading, or the science behind it, jump straight to Re