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. Food Intolerances, Leaky Gut and Histamine Toxicity Food intolerances and allergies play a starring role in the presence of eczema and its incessant itch. You may be doing everything perfectly to avoid mould and dust in the home, but that won’t be much help if your eczema is triggered by that yoghurt or Kombucha you are consuming everyday for breakfast! One person's medicine, is another's sleepless night itching. Histamine toxicity and leaky gutIt's hard to avoid fad foods when EVERYONE says they are "good for eczema", "good for leaky gut" etc. We get asked about fermented foods nearly every day, so we thought we would cover WHY you should resist this fad ...

Fermented foods can be the worst for eczema as they are very rich in histamines.What are histamines?

Histamines are a type of amine that is produced in your body during an allergic reaction - histamine causes the swelling and itchiness you experience when you eat a food you are allergic to. You can also eat histamine-rich foods and histamine-releasing foods in your diet. Dietary histamines require enzymes called DAO and HNMT in order break down the histamines so they don't accumulate and cause damage in the body.

The issue is this... The more histamines you consume in your diet, the more vitamin B6, vitamin C, zinc, copper, magnesium and other DAO supporting nutrients you will need in order for your body to cope. When you run out of any one of these nutrients, histamine toxicity can occur.

Histamine toxicity can make your skin crazy itchy. It's painful, and hard to correct once you fill up your histamine bucket. Histamine intolerance symptoms mimic an allergic reaction and can include: diarrhoea, headache, sinusitis, asthma, hay fever, low blood pressure, heart arrhythmias, hives, eczema, itchy skin (pruritus), skin flushing

Histamine-rich foods

I bet most of the following histamine-rich foods are your favourite foods, because histamine (amines) have flavour-enhancing properties that are highly addictive. Fermented dairy products, Yoghurt, Kefir, Cheese, Pickles, Kombucha, Sauerkraut, Cured meats (salami, sausages, ham etc), Cacao, Chocolate, Avocado, Mushrooms, Wine, champagne and most alcohol, Tofu, Soy sauce and tamari sauce

Vinegars (including apple cider vinegar), Slow cooked meats, Dates and other dried fruits, Leftovers from the fridge, Smoked fish, Fish that has not been stored properly, Eggplant, Spinach, Tomatoes, Broth

Note how many popular health foods are on this list. I feel a craving coming on now.

I really like these foods and in moderation (if you don't have eczema or histamine issues) they are totally okay to eat. Still, I totally understand why you may despair at this list. But ...Sometimes you have to give up the foods you love because they are hurting you.It's like giving up on a violent spouse or a friend who is bullying you. You eventually distance yourself from harm, because that's good for you.

High histamine foods could be hurting you but you won't know for sure unless you avoid them for a bit of time (then test them).

When I ate high histamine foods I felt anxious and depressed, and after about a year of feeling mildly unwell, I suddenly became itchy and developed body aches, especially when I ate fermented foods or caffeine (caffeine blocks the DAO enzyme needed to break down histamines). Now I have given up these foods, I feel energetic, happy and amazing on most days. I wake up feeling good and I don't need a coffee or tea to 'wake up' anymore. "Do I miss having a morning cuppa? Yes, occasionally, but what I love more is feeling young and energetic and happy - that's worth more than any cup of coffee or tea!"

Histamine toxicity and leaky gut

Histamine toxicity is associated with leaky gut - it's certainly not the only cause but it is a contributing factor. And leaky gut will worsen your eczema. So it's important to avoid histamine-rich superfoods such as kefir and kombucha in gut healing protocols...

I know these foods are commonly recommended in gut healing protocols (what the?). But one thing is clear: not enough people know about the dangers of eating too many histamine-rich foods all at once. It depletes your DAO enzyme and other important enzymes so your body can become unable to degrade histamines effectively. The new 'fermented craze' could be why histamine toxicity is becoming a growing problem. Histamine toxicity doesn't usually happen overnight (unless you get food poisoning), it's usually a gradual decline in health that can eventually trigger the immune system to become hyperactive.

What is a safe alternative?

The Eczema Detox is a book I wrote to help my patients and readers to get well. It is the new version of my older books The Eczema Diet and The Healthy Skin Diet (Exisle Publishing). Within the book there is a Food Intolerance Diagnosis (FID) Program specifically designed to help people with skin inflammation (eczema, TSW, psoriasis etc.) to work out their trigger foods. You may have heard of the FID Program online.

Rather than follow a diet blindly, with the FID Program you are working out YOUR specific trigger foods, so you know what foods to avoid and what foods to safely enjoy for clear, healthy skin. It's a science-based food program that is low in histamines. It's also designed to heal the gut and boost the health of your liver and skin. You can find out more about the book here.

5. Nutritional Deficiencies

If your body is low or deficient in magnesium, calcium, zinc, molybdenum, biotin or any other B-group vitamin, your eczema won't clear up until you correct the deficiency.

Your skin is literally made from the foods and drinks you consume.Your skin is made up of nutrients, essential fatty acids and amino acids from protein foods. These nutrients are essential for skin health and deficiencies in these vitamins and minerals result in impaired skin repair.

For example: Molybdenum is an important mineral your body needs on order to process sulfites. Without enough molybdenum in your diet, you develop sulfite intolerance which means you adversely react to sulfite-rich products such as wine, vinegar, dried fruits, some medicines, sauerkraut, pickles and cheese (to name a few).

When you consume molybdenum along with vitamin B5, you are less likely to have food intolerances and sulfite intolerance. I developed the Skin Friend AM (which contains molybdenum) and Skin Friend PM supplements after my daughter developed severe eczema, as I could not find supplements that were free of colours, salicylates, histamines, vitamin A, flavourings and sugar. (Vitamin A dries out the skin and causes flaking skin.)

For years I prescribed Skin Friend AM and PM to my eczema patients in order to correct nutritional deficiencies and support skin health. After years of feedback and testing, the supplements are now available online. If you would like more information you can read the customer and patient reviews on this page. Do you have eczema?

If so, do the following check-list to see if you have undiagnosed triggers:

1. Have you checked for mould in your home or office? Fifty percent of homes in the US have mould damage - it's not rare and it can harm your health. Consult an expert in your area if you are unsure what to do.

2. Have you had allergy testing and have you made your bed dust-mite proof? A zip-up mattress protector is a must.

3. Are you managing stress properly, or just complaining about it? Get pro-active - it's your life, you should enjoy it.

4. Are you eating foods rich in histamines or are you eating well but your skin is not getting better? You should try the FID program or the Detox Program to help you get answers.

5. Do you have nutritional deficiencies and are you taking supplements? Stop wasting your money on supplements that contain skin irritants, and ensure you are taking pure vitamins and minerals that do not contain tabletting agents, colors, flavorings, fillers or capsules. Purity matters.

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Watercress soup

10 minutes | Serves 2

Ingredients:

2 white onions peeled and chopped

4 whole cloves of garlic peeled

A splash of coconut oil

1 tsp Himalayan salt

3 handfuls fresh watercress

2 cups almond milk

A drop of olive oil

1 cup of bone broth

1 handful of chopped parsley

Directions:

Heat a wok on high heat, and cook the onions and garlic in a splash of coconut oil, with a sprinkle of salt, for roughly 10 minutes, or until the onions go soft.

Add the fresh watercress.

On top of your watercress place a sheet of parchment paper with a saucepan lid on top of it to keep it secure. Heat on for a further 3 minutes. This technique wilts the watercress ensuring it keeps all its taste and nutrients.

Add the wok ingredients into your magimix followed by a cup of milk blend until nice and smooth.

Reheat in the wok for 2 minutes.

Season and garnish with a drop of olive oil and a handful of parsley.

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The children ’s fiction writer J.K. Rowling has come  under fire for stating that although she respects and cares for both the transgender individuals in her own life,  and those elsewhere, she does not actually believe that a  man can become a woman or that a woman can become a man. This statement was sufficient to have the author labeled a “hate monger” by many . As I have explained before, the most effective method of practicing intellectual intolerance is by actually attributing hatefulness to the party whose ideas you do not wish to tolerate. This is because human beings tend to see a genuinely hateful person as a justifiable object of hatred themselves (e.g. Klansmen, Neo Nazis etc.).  In order to justify contempt and hate for those who merely disagree with you, you simply attribute contempt and hatred to them. It does not matter if the individual in question does not  objectively harbor malice toward the transgendered; she does not believe what she is supposed to believe philosophically, and this is intolerable .

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“Identity politics always works on two fronts: to give pride to people who have a given condition or characteristic, and to cause the outside world to treat such people more gently and more kindly.”

— How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are (TED talk - Andrew Solomon)

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“Identity politics can be narcissistic. People extol a difference only because it’s theirs. People narrow the world and function in discrete groups without empathy for one another. But properly understood and wisely practiced, identity politics should expand our idea of what it is to be human. Identity itself should be not a smug label or a gold medal but a revolution.”

— How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are (TED talk - Andrew Solomon)

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How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are

(TED talk - Andrew Solomon) 

“Concessions confer only a little humanity, where full humanity is due. […] crumbs are not the same as a place at the table”

“You can forge meaning and build identity and still be mad as hell.”

“We don’t seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences.

“We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it’s purposeful.”

“We could have been ourselves without our delights, but not without the misfortunes that drive our search for meaning.”

“Oppression breeds the power to oppose it.”

“Identity politics always works on two fronts: to give pride to people who have a given condition or characteristic, and to cause the outside world to treat such people more gently and more kindly.” 

“Identity politics can be narcissistic. People extol a difference only because it’s theirs. People narrow the world and function in discrete groups without empathy for one another.  But properly understood and wisely practiced, identity politics should expand our idea of what it is to be human. Identity itself should be not a smug label or a gold medal but a revolution. […] Neutrality, which seems to lie halfway between despair and celebration, is actually the endgame. .”

“If you banish the dragons, you banish the heroes”

“The gay activist Harvey Milk was once asked by a younger gay man what he could do to help the movement, and Harvey Milk said, “Go out and tell someone.” There’s always somebody who wants to confiscate our humanity, and there are always stories that restore it. If we live out loud, we can trounce the hatred and expand everyone’s lives.”

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Hjalmar Munsterhjelm (Finnish, 1840-1905) A Road in Häme, 1883 Finnish National Gallery

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The bluest blues, take two.

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by huulari85

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@javi_salas23

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before thunderstorm / june 2024

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Lauhanvuori National Park, Kauhajoki, Finland

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It’s official Nature wins the award for Best Glow-Up.🌌🤍 Lappi, Finland 🇫🇮 By juusohd

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Winter Aurora.

Lapland, Finland.