Tag: food allergies

Foodie friday news roundup: allergies, the true cost of “cheap” food and sugar addictive like drugs…

"The cost of feeding U.S. youth has declined by 19% since 1960, the cost to keep them healthy has risen by almost 150%." In other words there is an "Ugly Truth Behind Cheap Food" And then: "Sugar is actually a form of addiction. It's just as hard to get rid of the urge for sweet foods as of smoking" -- When I shared this on twitter and facebook yesterday people were telling me it's been a harder habit to break then both illicit drugs, alcohol and psych drug addictions. I think that is true for many folks [click on title to read more]

Histamine Intolerance: can be associated with folks getting psychiatric diagnosis ( #foodie friday)

So it's clear, this sort of sensitivity unrecognized can lead to being drugged with psychiatric pharmaceuticals to begin with, so anyone taking any of these drugs might want to rule out this condition. Being that a lot of neuroleptics and benzos and it seems SSRIs too all have significant anti-histamine properties this may impact a good number of folks....It doesn't mean there aren't lots of other issues you're dealing with like trauma, and grief and loss and general dismay of the state of the world and humanity, but it means you might be able to clear out one compounding factor and figure out more easily how to deal with the others. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Food Allergy Bullying – It’s Not A Joke! #foodie friday

More and more people are developing serious food allergies and sensitivities, both children and adults. I know from my own experience how we can be disbelieved and harassed even as adults. I see it everywhere on the net and twitter and facebook too. People with food sensitivities being mocked. It's hard for us adults, imagine how difficult it is for children. … [click on title for the rest of the post]

Histamine intolerance round-up

green leafed plant for histamine intolerance round-up

Histamine issues are only a piece of the vast holistic puzzle that the drug injury left me with. The histamine link serves as one possible window to access the chaos that has been my injured nervous system. It was a very helpful window for several  years.

Histamine intolerance: impact during psych drug withdrawal

mast cell and histamine interactions

2025) Even now I return to what I learned from this frame. Yasmina's work and my friendship with her remains a foundation as well. Update 2016: Histamine intolerance and issues associated with it, are only a piece of the vast holistic puzzle that the drug injury left me with. The histamine link serves as one possible window to access the chaos that has been my injured nervous system. It was a very helpful window for a few of years. It’s not the window I prefer or use primarily anymore, though the information I gleaned from using this framework moved me along in my healing in significant ways. I prefer to now use more holistic understandings of body/mind/spirit. Histamine is one tiny molecule in our bodies interacting with millions of other microorganisms and chemicals in our bodies. It really doesn’t need to be given such prominence in the long run. Lately I prefer to use Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine to understand the intense complexity that is our human body . Still, the below info on histamine may be helpful if this is what is currently resonating for you.

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FOOD MATTERS #foodie Friday

Yup, what the mother describes in the below article about skepticism about food allergies is what it's like for most people before they eliminate gluten (or other foods...sensitivities to many foods and/or natural food chemicals are on the rise) or see someone close to them eliminate it and have dramatic improvements in health and/or mood. It's rather hard to wrap ones head around the possibility that food we eat everyday may be harming us.

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