Histamine in Foods and Other Naturally Occurring Chemicals That Affect HealthBy Catherine J. Frompovich One of the most thorough interviews Ive come across on the Internet is a video with Naturopathic Physician Deb Heald, ND, of Canada, wherein she discusses many of the food-nutrition-health alignments that I covered in Eat to Beat Disease, which I cant thank her enough for doing. Here are some of the points of interest that I noted while listening to that almost 48 minute video. At 2:25 minutes into the interview, she talks about stress related to employment and to check out cortisol levels, something many physicians dont do, but prescribe some patented chemical pharmaceutical drug to relieve. Stress is something that can own you. What owns you? Your intestinal tract (gut) takes a hit from stress. Dr Heald suggests learning to meditate to relieve stress. As an aside, daily I do a total of between 60 and 90 minutes of prayer and meditation, most as soon as I awaken after a nights sleep, to get my day started in the correct frame of mind. Personally, I believe meditation, believe it or not, is exercise for the mind. Quieting the mind and reaching for higher levels of consciousness really are mind exercises. According to Dr Heald, exercise, especially marathons and their training, are very stressful on all body systems (see her discussion at 9 minutes on the timeline). She uses a treadmill to do her exercises, but I have to question the efficacy of that since treadmills are known to produce high amounts of electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs). Exercise on a treadmill, which produces dirty electricity, increases plasma glucose. These findings may explain why brittle diabetics have difficulty regulating blood sugar. [1] Furthermore, Dirty electricity, generated by electronic equipment and wireless devices, is ubiquitous in the environment. [1] As my readers probably know, I research extensively and write about EMFs/RFs and their impact upon human health and the environment. Please see my HAARP archives published at selfnewsPost.com at http://www.activistpost.com/tag/haarp to learn more. Personally, I think going to a gym with all its electronic exercise equipment, especially if the gym offers free Wi-Fi too, you are being exposed to many more EMFs/RFs than you probably know and that your body is being irradiated with, i.e., non-ionizing radiation. Dave Stetzer, a leading expert on dirty electricity, and other scientists, have found that these high frequency voltages come from our computers, printers, copiers, TVs, game consoles, tube fluorescent lights, compact florescent light bulbs, dimmer light switches, variable speed motors, treadmills, vacuum cleaners, sewing machines, wind turbines, solar energy inverters, smart meters, and other electronic devices. [2] At 18 minutes into the interview, Dr Heald talks about HLA genes (Human Leucocyte Antigens) and how they act in people who are allergic to foods and the environmental challenges. Learn about a genetic susceptibility. Her discussion is an excellent explanation of food and gut reactions, and how to deactivate histamine in the gut by repopulating the gut with proper intestinal flora, e.g., probiotics and prebiotics, which I also discuss in Eat to Beat Disease. Dr Heald talks about Zonulin [3] in wheat and how it breaks down the tight junctions in the gut. In Eat to Beat Disease, I discuss a medical doctors gut protocol for healing that and what he uses. If you have sore knees, check out what she says at 24:15 minutes. What can a stuffy nose indicate? See 27 minutes. One thing that keeps cropping up in her interview is balance, something that I define as individual biochemistry in my book, as we all are as super-special in biochemistry as our fingerprints are unique to our identity. Furthermore, I think that many nutrition fads can be misleading because they do not take into consideration individual biochemistry and balance. Glyphosate, which is showing up in just about everything anymoreincluding vaccines, is mentioned at 29 minutes and she also delineates organic wines and resveratrol, a natural fungicide Nature provided to protect grapes on the vine. One of the recent nutrition trendsbone brothis talked about at 31:35 minutes. One thing she cautions about is that lupus patients need to reevaluate bone broth and the biochemical reasons. Glutamate, at 33 minutes, is talked about and how bone broth produces MSG, plus the same nerve symptoms as any MSG product would. In my 2009 book, Our Chemical Lives And The Hijacking Of Our DNA, A Probe Into Whats Probably Making Us Sick, I discuss MSG in very great length in Chapter 4, Excitotoxins: What Are They? Sleep also is discussed at 36 minutes. However, what I find most interesting is Dr Healds discussion about hot flashes. It agrees with what Ive been telling clients and others for years, and that histamine has a definite link to hot flashes! If females are over the menopause age range [48 to 55 years old] and still experiencing hot flashes while still taking hormones, check out your diet for you probably have an overwhelming histamine level being produce by many of the foods that you think are nutritionally good for you but still eating, e.g., Kombucha, alcohol, and other foods I talk about in Eat to Beat Disease as fermented foods. Vaccine-damaged people need to look into histamine-producing foods in their diet, which I also discuss in Eat to Beat Disease. If your bodys individual biochemistry and genetic predisposition knows it cant handle some healthful foods, thats an indication, in my opinion, of leaky gutbroken tight junctionsmitochondrial problems, health issues that are becoming more pervasiveor so it seemssince the introduction of GMO phood in the 1990s. Dr Heald presents an exceptional interview regarding functional medicine and what I contend is to be found in nutrition and a whole food, organic diet, not in GMO phood, fast food restaurant fare or prepackaged processed edibles. An optimal prescription for vibrant health is a health-promoting lifestyle: exercise, no smoking, minimum or no alcohol consumption, no street drugs, and chemical- and stress-free home and work environments. Heres Dr Deb Healds wonderful interview. Please enjoy! Histamine Intolerance, Leaky Gut Food Sensitivities with Deb Heald, ND References: [1] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2557071/ Catherine J Frompovich (website) is a retired natural nutritionist who earned advanced degrees in Nutrition and Holistic Health Sciences, Certification in Orthomolecular Theory and Practice plus Paralegal Studies. Her work has been published in national and airline magazines since the early 1980s. Catherine authored numerous books on health issues along with co-authoring papers and monographs with physicians, nurses, and holistic healthcare professionals. She has been a consumer healthcare researcher 35 years and counting. Catherines latest book, published October 4, 2013, is Vaccination Voodoo, What YOU Dont Know About Vaccines, available on Amazon.com. Her 2012 book A Cancer Answer, Holistic BREAST Cancer Management, A Guide to Effective Non-Toxic Treatments, is available on Amazon.com and as a Kindle eBook. Two of Catherines more recent books on Amazon.com are Our Chemical Lives And The Hijacking Of Our DNA, A Probe Into Whats Probably Making Us Sick (2009) and Lord, How Can I Make It Through Grieving My Loss, An Inspirational Guide Through the Grieving Process (2008) Catherines NEW book: Eat To Beat Disease, Foods Medicinal Qualities 2016 Catherine J Frompovich is now available Nice to see some docs actually step outside the synthetic drug pusher protocol. One size does not fit all. 