Several of you know by now how much I have been hammering on on the boring subject of keeping a food diary, but I do this with good reason. It is an essential tool to get you further, faster! There are many ways to go about finding out what the real problem is. You can…
Details“If we took a holiday Took some time to celebrate Just one day out of life It would be, it would be so nice” From Madonna’s debut album song “Holiday” When I heard that song in the 80s, I was still a little grasshopper with not a care in the world except for when the…
DetailsHistamine Intolerance Awareness often cooperates with the Food Intolerance Network, whose website also covers other food intolerances. One of the cooperative projects is a new food and symptoms diary app. The Food Intolerance Network has kindly given permission to forward the information about the mobile food diary app on Genny’s blog. It is very, very…
DetailsThe short answer is: there is a difference. There has been a slight bit of confusion about the three conditions and therefore this blog entry is an attempt at a brief clarification. HISTAMINE INTOLERANCE (HIT) aka Histamine Intolerance Syndrome (HIS) is a condition which is first and foremost a deficiency of either or both enzymes…
DetailsOn March 20th the mid-day BBC 5Live radio broadcast, as part of their medical program, an informative item on allergy and food intolerances, lasting about 10 minutes. For those of you who live abroad and are thus unable to hear the BBC podcast, here is a summary of what was said: Taking part were the…
DetailsThe book “What HIT me? Living with Histamine Intolerance: A guide to diagnosis and management of HIT – A patients point of view” is now available on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.de! If you don’t want to wait for the paperback you can download the Kindle Edition, which can also be read on the PC, Mac,…
DetailsProf. Dr. med. Martin Raithel of the University Clinic of Erlangen (Germany) and his colleagues in Germany and Austria have worked on the subject of Histamine Intolerance for many years. Prof. Raithel has now given an exclusive interview. It should provide those searching for the cause of their symptoms with more information on how to…
DetailsThis is the German version of the article “Exclusive: 10 questions answered about Histamine Intolerance” for our visitors from the German language area! Dieses Interview dient zur Information bezüglich der Diagnose einer Histaminintoleranz. Prof. Dr. med Martin Raithel, Oberarzt am Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, und seine Kollegen in Deutschland und Österreich beschäftigen sich bereits seit langem mit…
DetailsThe German Federal Ministry for Education and Research reports on its website that a fast food test is due to go on the market within the coming year. The article states that in Germany there are more than 2 million people suffering from Histamine Intolerance. Palpitations, stomach pain and rashes are the consequence. Researchers from…
DetailsSome people believe that self-diagnosis is possible for Histamine Intolerance. It is much more complicated than that. I have been watching the goings on both off-line and on-line for a while now, and would like to clear up one misconception… maybe two. First of all self-diagnosis is not a viable option. There is a worrying…
DetailsI went on a very long walk. I needed to think hard about how I wanted to proceed with everything in my life and decided to go on the St. James Way, the Camino Frances, in the north of Spain. Needless to say that I decided to go on this long walk with the thought…
DetailsI went to a very interesting doctor-patient seminar in Erlangen on the July 7th weekend. One of the main themes discussed there was Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The lecture given by Prof. Dr. Peter Konturek was of particular interest. IBS is often given as a diagnosis when all tests and examinations fail to lead to any…
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