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Is Food Making You Sick?: The Strictly Low Histamine Diet Paperback – Illustrated, February 18, 2014

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REVISED IN 2017 (though first published in 2014)
People all over the world suffer from histamine intolerance without being aware of it.We itch, sneeze, suffer from joint pain, inflammation, sleep disorders, irritability, anxiety, bowel disease, diarrhea, flatulence, stomach pain, heartburn and acid reflux, nausea, bloating and other digestive problems, eczema, psoriasis, tissue swelling, urticaria (hives), itching skin, itching scalp, sinusitis, runny nose, puffy eyes, hay fever, asthma, and breathing difficulties, or endure tension headaches, migraines, fuzzy thinking, dizziness, irregular heartbeat, painful periods (women), sudden drops in blood pressure, faintness or flushing. Symptoms may endure throughout our entire lives if we continue to consume large amounts of histamine without knowing it.Histamine is colorless, odorless and tasteless - undetectable except by scientific analysis, and yet crucial to our well-being.Individual histamine tolerance thresholds vary greatly. A range of circumstances including our genes, our environment, our diet and stress, cause our bodies’ histamine levels to rise. If they rise faster than our bodies can break them down, we experience the excessive inflammation brought on by histamine intolerance, or HIT. The good news is, if we can understand what is happening and why, we can treat or prevent this widely unrecognized condition.By far the best way to treat histamine intolerance is with diet. All foods with the potential to raise histamine levels should be avoided until your health improves significantly.This book discusses HIT in depth, including causes, symptoms and therapies, backed by scientific research. Along with a list of foods to help HIT sufferers, it includes a wide range of recipes for everything from entrées to desserts.The front cover shows the revised date of 2017.Find out more at http://www.low-histamine.com/
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"In this book, [Gibb] shows the results of a wide-ranging investigation of the relationship between nutrition and health, suggesting that HIT intolerance may contribute to conditions as disparate as allergies, bowel disease, eczema, heartburn, stomach pain, joint pain, anxiety, psoriasis and sleep disorders, among others. ... His innovative approach is bolstered by careful, thoughtful investigation, and motivated by an urge to help others. ... Practical, valuable information that offers a measure of hope for those suffering from a chronic physical condition." - Kirkus Reviews

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James L. Gibb is an Australian educator, novelist and health researcher with a particular focus on food-related diseases. A university graduate with a diploma of education, Gibb became interested in the relationship between nutrition and health when a family member was diagnosed with a chronic disease. He spent many years investigating natural alternatives to the powerful drugs prescribed for this condition, whose side effects can be damaging and debilitating. Over time he accumulated a wealth of information, which culminated in the writing of this book. 'Medical science has made enormous leaps in the 21st century, ' writes Gibb, 'and without it, we would all be worse off. Dedicated medical researchers and doctors have improved our quality of life far beyond the standards available to preceding generations. That said, it is sometimes the afflicted themselves, or those closest to them, who are motivated to persevere just that little bit more keenly in pursuit of answers. Often, people with a personal investment in a health problem will stop at nothing to find a solution, seeking far and wide, never giving up. 'One example is the relentless quest of Augusto and Michaela Odone to find a treatment for their son Lorenzo's adrenoleukodystrophy, in the face of skepticism from health professionals. Their experience was later dramatized in the movie 'Lorenzo's Oil'. 'Another example is provided by Elaine Gottschall, whose daughter was diagnosed with severe ulcerative colitis. Medications failed to improve the child's condition, and most doctors dismissed the idea that diet could be in any way associated with this digestive disease. It was a maverick doctor who thought 'outside the box' who finally led Ms Gottschall to a treatment for her daughter. When he died, to preserve his knowledge she wrote a book called 'Breaking the Vicious Cycle', which has been translated into several languages, and is published worldwide.' 'My own experience with a suffering child motivated me to search for answers even in the most unlikely places, which conventional medicine may overlook. Accepted medical opinion is far from infallible, as has been demonstrated from time to time, notably when Dr Barry Marshall swallowed Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria to test the theory that they were a cause of peptic ulcer and gastric cancer. The H. pylori theory was ridiculed by scientists and doctors of the 'establishment', who did not believe any bacteria could live in the acidic environment of the stomach. Marshall has been quoted as saying in 1998 that "(e)veryone was against me, but I knew I was right." 'Sometimes it takes an outsider, unblinkered by conventional training, to perceive a truth. ( After all, it was a humble clerk in the Swiss Patents Office who became the father of modern physics.) 'When the Strictly Low Histamine Diet had an almost miraculous effect on my own, seemingly unrelated symptoms I, too felt driven to share this knowledge with others.' James L Gibb, March 2014

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Leaves of Gold Press; Illustrated edition (February 18, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 374 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1925110508
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1925110500
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.85 x 9 inches
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Andrea Frankel
5.0 out of 5 stars It's changing my life
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2015
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My doctor directed me to this book, and after I reported the results of going on the elimination diet, diagnosed me with Histamine Intolerance. (Yes, I know, some doctors insist it doesn't exist, but "n=1" science experiments count big with me, when I am the "1"!) It goes into many different aspects of the condition in a detailed but very readable way. Also, the "Strictly Low Histamine" diet it lays out is an excellent elimination diet (although it is too low in protein to be used long-term without modifications). My doctor and I are both thrilled that many troubling symptoms that had not been treatable by conventional medicine have cleared up as long as I adhere to this diet. If you have read anything else (such as "What HIT Me?") and are thinking about trying this way of eating, this is THE book to get.
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4.0 out of 5 stars not the easiest read
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2015
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it's a very complicated subject and this book has lots of info in it, but lordie, is it ever tedious to work through at times. I've had some good naps over it. nevertheless, if you think you have a Histamine Intolerance, you should have this book on hand. Not many books are available on this topic here in the US, much more available in Europe, but not necessarily translated into English. and so much of the info contradicts itself, the different authors have very opposing as well as overlapping opinions. Even within the same book finding foods on the forbidden list then only to refind them used in recipes.
so, this book is one of the several I have now, it's detailed, contradicting, but still worth having or at least borrowing from the library as one of the several references and cross references. Like I said, this is not an easy breezy read, but on the road to self educating a worthy one.
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victoria cimonian
5.0 out of 5 stars I have tried Chinese med but was getting worse. At one point i was on mold free
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2014
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This book saved my life. For last 5 years i was suffering from allergies. Doctors put my on prednison and told me that i will be on it for rest of my life. I couldn't sleep, i couldn't laugh, i was coughing so badly people around me were scared that i have TB At one point i got in hospital and almost died from allergies. All tests for food allergies were negative. I was told that i have ABPA, i was told that i have allergies to mold, to grass, trees ... you name it but not food. i even moved from east coast to west close to ocean, hopping that being in clean and less humid place will help. Nothing was helping.
I asked my doctors ( i have changed at list 5 of them) why do i get sinus congestion when i drink alcohol nobody could answer. Another doctor put me on xolair injections for 6 month, which cost me $8000k, didn't work.,doctor told me i have to be on it for one year in order med to work. I have two kids and i told my husband that being on prednison for rest of my life is not an option and i constantly was looking for nontraditional ways to def-fit my sever allergies. I have tried Chinese med but was getting worse. At one point i was on mold free, sugar free diet didn't help, no wonder it is based on protein no carb diet. Then i found this book on amazon ( i bough about 10 different books before) and everything made sense. I have been on histamine free diet for two month, i was lowering my prednison very slowly and as of today i am of it. I don't cough, i do get sinus some time but i use peppermint oil around my nostrils and use homeopathic Similasan, nasal allergy relif and it helps me a lot. I want to scream so everyone will hear me that there is way to cure for almost everything you just need not to give up and keep trying. There is no words to describe my thanks to James L. Gibb.
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ArizonaGirl
3.0 out of 5 stars Take What Works...
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2016
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I have Histamine Intolerance, aka Mast Cell Activation Disorder/Syndrome, following 5 years of assault on my intestinal tract from mold exposure in an office I was in. This book was very helpful in identifying supplements that would help breakdown histamine, and I am now using several of them with success. However, the advice to avoid meat as part of the diet but use dairy products, only egg yolks, and grains was not at all helpful. Dairy products are high in histamine and I react to them. I have also found all grains to be inflammatory and indigestible. Egg whites are high in histamine, but only raw. If they are well cooked, not moist at all, I can have them as part of my diet. I do best with an essentially paleo diet. So, my caution would be to take what works for you and leave the rest.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Histamine intolerance/mast cell issues are too complicated for non-scientist to explain
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2016
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This book was extremely disappointing. I have been following current research on issues involving histamine, and diet. The better research/writing comes from doctors and dieticians, and scientists. Mr. Gibb, while well meaning, and often on point, confused the science too frequently, and indulged in dire, worst straights situations regarding many issues, whether dealing with scromboid poisoning, or the relationships of allergies and histamine intolerance.

Histamine intolerance, and mast cell disorders are real conditions, which need real scientific analysis. Also, it would be helpful to have a book of recipes that helped people with these conditions. This book is not it.
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Amy
5.0 out of 5 stars urticaria and angioedema disappeared
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2018
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Thanks to God I knew this book after a lot of reasearch!!

it's a valuable book with helpful informations that helped me to become fine after 10 years of urticaria.

when the doctor told me your disease is life threatening i felt very bad I cannot sleep or breath.. cannot eat.

but the magic is happened finally when I removed gluten dairy products and milk from my diet I felt better and alive because longtime taking antihistamine I had experience all the side effects of these drugs including dizziness dry mouth headache brain fog lack of concentration and for sure chronic fatigue being dependant was so difficult for me.

thank u James Gibb
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Vatsala Verma
4.0 out of 5 stars One of the best book i have red
Reviewed in India on April 11, 2022
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Very detailed and comprehensive, I think all of you who have ordered this book will gain a lot of insight on where we are going wrong in terms of food. Great read!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A very informative book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 19, 2020
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This book has been a great help in my search for better health .It has become my most used book .
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Aerus
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book - Very helpful for me
Reviewed in Canada on December 28, 2018
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I have done a lot of reading on the Internet lately. This book contains lot of additional helpful information. Thank you for the recipes -:)
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Stevie Z
4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful - would recommend to others
Reviewed in Canada on October 23, 2017
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After recently discovering I may have a Histamine intolerance I set about trying to find out as much info as I could. Many searches pointed me towards this book, and the author's website. I have found this book to be extremely helpful in trying to navigate my new diet, and would recommend it to others.
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susan brough
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 25, 2016
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very good book some good recipes and not to heavy to read but gives lots of useful information
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