The menopause histamine connection

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New blog for this old blogger...

New blog for this old blogger…

I don’t post a lot on here anymore because I don’t have a lot to say. I’ve written a book’s worth of material, and don’t have too much more I’d like to research. I’m also doing quite well having now gotten to the calm stage on the other side of the menopause hill.

I am not abandoning this blog. I still answer all comments and emails. But I want to write more. So I’ve started a new blog called Min…

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The hateful itch was back

The hateful itch was back

I started this blog in 2013 when I had just discovered the connection between histamine intolerance and menopause. It was a time when I suffered, among many other symptoms, with an invisible itch that made me scratch my arms until  they got dark and leathery.

Once I got my body under control the itch went away. It was back for the first time since, on Saturday. I cannot begin to tell you how…

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An old new post

An old new post

I know I’ve been very inconsistent of late posting to this blog. It’s been seven years since I started it and I came to many solid conclusions I think, so I’m never quite sure where else to go with it. I decided to repost something I wrote specifically for the Healing Histamine blog.

I approached Yasmina about working together in the first couple of weeks of starting my blog. She was extremely…

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Kefir is not a good choice if you have histamine intolerance

Kefir is not a good choice if you have histamine intolerance

Let’s just start by saying I knew this might not end well. I saw all the signs and read all the material. But like anyone else being told to not do something that will affect you adversely, I decided to do it anyway.

I’ve been feeling really good lately so I decided to wade into the probiotic universe and make myself feel really bad… Actually, I had been having stomach and bloating issues for…

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It wasn't the butler is was the buckwheat...

It wasn’t the butler is was the buckwheat…

I know I owe my readers a post on motivation, neurotransmitters, and dopamine, but I have to tell you, bloggers with low dopamine and a lack of motivation don’t get a lot of posts written!

On the bright side, I have learned recently that quercetin, something a lot of you probably take for your histamine intolerance, also raises dopamine levels. And how did I find this out? Well funny enough not…

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Goodbye dear friend

I just read the devastating news that The Low Histamine Chef as I will always know her, Yasmina Yekelenstam, passed away Monday.

I know Yasmina was fighting breast cancer more than a year ago and do not know if it recurred. I have no details.

What I can tell you is that although I never met her in person, she was my friend. We worked together to get the message out about histamine intolerance and…

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Stop hitting the snooze button!

Stop hitting the snooze button!

I know I owe you all a post on dopamine, motivation, and how to start feeling better and happier, but I just haven’t had time to get it all together. Happily it’s not because I lack motivation but because we went back to school and I’ve been crazy busy!

But I just had to come on here and tell you that I am actually getting up at 5AM to run every morning before school. I can tell you I feel…

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Are you menopause-aly unmotivated? (Part 1)

Are you menopause-aly unmotivated? (Part 1)

I was having dinner with one of my kids the other day, and when I say kids I mean an alumnus who I keep in touch with, when we had a conversation about ADHD. She is twenty-five and newly diagnosed as having it. She explained what some of the symptoms were, and as she was talking I thought “my gosh she’s describing me.”

I went home that evening and started to do some research. I know I was…

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Common questions I answer all the time

Common questions I answer all the time

Before I move on to writing about new things I wanted to write a post addressing the questions I get all the time, to shed a little light on what the future might look like to someone who’s just discovered histamine intolerance might be the issue that’s been torturing them.

There are two or three things that people always want to know.

What food list did I use to identify histamine in foods?

What…

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I know it's been a while...

I know it’s been a while…

I have not written anything on this blog since May of last year. The last post touched on how one of my beloved cats recently died and I was learning how to make soap with the big idea of selling it because it would be so free of additives and amazing that people would be knocking down my door to buy it. Ok well, maybe not that, but I did want to sell it.

Problem with soap is, even when you get…

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Let's talk about soap

Let’s talk about soap

One of my readers the other day wrote about making her own cold processed soap and that one comment sent me on a new tangent. I’ve wanted to make soap, but I was always afraid of using lye. After reading on a soap site someone’s observation that driving a car is dangerous too if you do it wrong, I decided to finally try it. There are two reasons I wanted to make my own soap. First, it’s really…

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Should you be drinking Sole?

Should you be drinking Sole?

Ok so what’s Sole and why am I discussing it today? It’s a salt water drink that I think might help with a multitude of health issues. I say might because right now, although there is much written about it, I cannot verify it’s efficacy. I can only report on what I’ve read and why I think it’s worth a try. I stumbled on Sole the other day when I was researching how to make my own mineral water.…

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Am I crazy?

I know that’s a question you’ve asked yourself many times before you got to my site. “My doctors don’t think my hives and itching are related to menopause but I do.” Or “My doctors keep sending me to other doctors and no one thinks anything is wrong.” So then why the hell do you itch? So that’s probably what got you here. And no, you’re not crazy. But maybe I am. I am embroiled in a fight with…

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Sorry if I haven't written back!

Sorry if I haven’t written back!

This is just a super quick note to my readers, and especially to those of you who’ve sent emails, that my internet has been down for days. I don’t find it easy to respond to emails typing on my phone, so you’ll have to wait a bit until I’m back up and running.  I was actually in the house when a huge thunderstorm moved in, and I was sitting only feet away when my router was hit by lightening. I…

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This is not an abandoned blog!

This is not an abandoned blog!

It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I know I have a lot of teachers following and I’m sure they can relate when I say there is so much to do when you get close to closing school there is no time to breath. But now I’m on summer break and have time to do some writing, and hopefully refining, on the blog. I have two goals for the summer. One is to refine the way new visitors can access…

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Follow up to migraine cure post

Follow up to migraine cure post

I wanted to do a bit of a follow up to my “How to Cure a Migraine” post because I thought I left a few key points out. First of all, if you think the conversation has deviated too much from the idea of menopause and histamine, I wanted to reassure you that I’m still talking about the same thing, only the allergy-like reaction is a migraine instead of an itch.  I believe that ultimately, the…

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How to cure a migraine

How to cure a migraine

I’m going to tell you how to avoid getting a full blown migraine when you feel one coming on and you’re going to think I’m crazy. But I know it works. I haven’t taken anything for a migraine since November. And that’s not because I haven’t had the opportunity more than once. I’ve actually had several moments when I thought, ok, today is the day I’m going to have to take Advil, but then I didn’t…

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