Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

Yeah. All right. So let's talk about histamine first. Okay. And then we'll come back to FODMAPs because what you're talking about right here is histamine. Yep. All right. So histamine, we hear about histamine. Histamine exists within your body. And it would be wrong for me to make it sound like it's a bad thing. It's not a bad thing.

Yeah. All right. So let's talk about histamine first. Okay. And then we'll come back to FODMAPs because what you're talking about right here is histamine. Yep. All right. So histamine, we hear about histamine. Histamine exists within your body. And it would be wrong for me to make it sound like it's a bad thing. It's not a bad thing.

Yeah. All right. So let's talk about histamine first. Okay. And then we'll come back to FODMAPs because what you're talking about right here is histamine. Yep. All right. So histamine, we hear about histamine. Histamine exists within your body. And it would be wrong for me to make it sound like it's a bad thing. It's not a bad thing.

When histamine is in balance in your body, it is a signaling molecule and it helps your body to work the way that it's supposed to. You need histamine on some level to be healthy. But histamine can also be something that is found in our diet. I'll explain where that comes from more in a moment. Or it can be something that's found within your own body where your immune system releases histamine.

When histamine is in balance in your body, it is a signaling molecule and it helps your body to work the way that it's supposed to. You need histamine on some level to be healthy. But histamine can also be something that is found in our diet. I'll explain where that comes from more in a moment. Or it can be something that's found within your own body where your immune system releases histamine.

When histamine is in balance in your body, it is a signaling molecule and it helps your body to work the way that it's supposed to. You need histamine on some level to be healthy. But histamine can also be something that is found in our diet. I'll explain where that comes from more in a moment. Or it can be something that's found within your own body where your immune system releases histamine.

And when the body releases histamine, what happens is it disrupts all kinds of cells within the body. So like in your nose, histamine release causes a runny nose. In your blood vessels, histamine release can create things like headaches or things like this. And in your gut, histamine causes people to feel bloated. So the number one symptom of histamine intolerance is bloating.

And when the body releases histamine, what happens is it disrupts all kinds of cells within the body. So like in your nose, histamine release causes a runny nose. In your blood vessels, histamine release can create things like headaches or things like this. And in your gut, histamine causes people to feel bloated. So the number one symptom of histamine intolerance is bloating.

And when the body releases histamine, what happens is it disrupts all kinds of cells within the body. So like in your nose, histamine release causes a runny nose. In your blood vessels, histamine release can create things like headaches or things like this. And in your gut, histamine causes people to feel bloated. So the number one symptom of histamine intolerance is bloating.

But you can have symptoms that exist throughout the entire body. And this is an important thing for your listeners to understand because you might go to a doctor for your headache. You might go to a doctor for your bloating. You might go to a different doctor for your seasonal allergies and not realize that actually there's this one thing that's tying them all together.

But you can have symptoms that exist throughout the entire body. And this is an important thing for your listeners to understand because you might go to a doctor for your headache. You might go to a doctor for your bloating. You might go to a different doctor for your seasonal allergies and not realize that actually there's this one thing that's tying them all together.

But you can have symptoms that exist throughout the entire body. And this is an important thing for your listeners to understand because you might go to a doctor for your headache. You might go to a doctor for your bloating. You might go to a different doctor for your seasonal allergies and not realize that actually there's this one thing that's tying them all together.

It's a whole body phenomenon.

It's a whole body phenomenon.

It's a whole body phenomenon.

Yeah. And pay attention to if you, because I think that this is more common than people realize, where you might have a meal and maybe you don't get bloated, but you do get a runny nose. And it's like, where did that come from? Like I was feeling totally fine. And then an hour later, I have a stuffy nose. This is what we're talking about right now. That might be a histamine related phenomenon.

Yeah. And pay attention to if you, because I think that this is more common than people realize, where you might have a meal and maybe you don't get bloated, but you do get a runny nose. And it's like, where did that come from? Like I was feeling totally fine. And then an hour later, I have a stuffy nose. This is what we're talking about right now. That might be a histamine related phenomenon.

Yeah. And pay attention to if you, because I think that this is more common than people realize, where you might have a meal and maybe you don't get bloated, but you do get a runny nose. And it's like, where did that come from? Like I was feeling totally fine. And then an hour later, I have a stuffy nose. This is what we're talking about right now. That might be a histamine related phenomenon.

Okay, so now histamine exists in our food supply and it's ubiquitous. All food has some level of histamine. It's a question of how much. So what we're going to talk about today are high histamine foods, things that have like a disproportionate amount compared to usual. And the reason why they have so much has to do with the life cycle of our food and the relationship that microbes have.

Okay, so now histamine exists in our food supply and it's ubiquitous. All food has some level of histamine. It's a question of how much. So what we're going to talk about today are high histamine foods, things that have like a disproportionate amount compared to usual. And the reason why they have so much has to do with the life cycle of our food and the relationship that microbes have.