How to Solve Mast Cell Activation and Histamine Intolerance

How to Solve Mast Cell Activation and Histamine Intolerance

MCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome) & Histamine Intolerance is a huge epidemic causing severe life-threatening reactions to food or the environment throughout your body.

The NIH website says that the cause is unknown. Worse yet, doctors don't know how to diagnose it properly nor do they have many tools to deal with it. The only thing they can do is prescribe drugs that often don't work. So what's causing it, and how do you end it?

Dr.Maggie has worked with tons of MCAS & histamine intolerance impossible to-solve cases and has ended it We'll do a deep dive on the causes and you get to see several of those cases and see how they were solved.


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[pattymorrissey]

It is really time that more physicians had your attitude of getting to the root of the problem!

[momoftrips]

Gluten is my trigger ! I have been gluten free for 11 years and I still get terrible gut bloating and burning with extreme fatigue and brain fog from time to time… every 6-8 weeks. I’m loving all this information to enable me to consider there is so much more to the root cause of my gut inflammation than just gluten sensitivity. Thanks again!!!

[dfpsVoices]

Before I knew that I had MCAS i thought I was having panic attacks and heart issues. I was having horrible attacks at least 2 to 3 times a month. Very very bad, sad scary episodes of headaches, brain fog, immense shaking, violent vomiting and diarrhea, dizziness, slumped over in fetal positions, back and forth toilet, could not talk or be near anyone during the episodes. When I went to my doctor, they wanted me to go on anxiety medicine and because I am so involved with my children and their activities. I said absolutely no way I did not want to be a zombie. I would have rather gone through these episodes. Until, one day, I decided to take children’s Benadryl to see if it would calm me down, and low and behold in 30 minutes my episode would disappear as if nothing ever ever happened, just like that back to normal. For about a year I thought I was just having anxiety attacks or panic attacks and the Benadryl was just helping it, until one day it dawned on me maybe I’m having allergic reactions. I decided to go see an allergist. Fortunately, for me, my allergist was knowledgeable about MCAS symptoms. After doing all routine, needle allergy testing on my arms and everything coming back normal, he decided to do a 24 hour urine test, which showed high levels of histamine. I then took it upon myself to look it up and everything that showed for mass cell disease was me and at that point, I realized I am a victim to MCAS. As of right now I have eliminated most everything I have reacted to and cut it out of my diet, I am also taking a Zyrtec every day and as of right now it has been working well for me. Unfortunately, I never have gotten to the root of this and I would love to dig deeper. One doctor told me it could be a long covid symptom. Who knows, but it has changed my life completely. Thank you so much doctor for bringing this to the public and helping us through this.

[marciesalkowski]

This has been going on for almost five years for me with PTSD from doctors….feeling hope with this and sending this to a friend❤

[dalaniekolakowski]

I have rapid heart rate & high blood pressure in stores that the air isn’t clean (Walmart, Ross, Home Goods). If I eat the wrong thing (almost everything), my throat will close. I have head pressure, ear ringing & often joint pain. I have eye pain & dizziness. I am allergic to lotions too. My mouth often hurts & vagina. I have been to a million Dr’s. Not diagnosed MCAS but I have it!!! I am reading all I can about it & I eat soooo strict. I am a thin 48 year old that lives a low stress life at the beach in CA. I cannot travel or go to dinner but I can get thru the day by controlling my food & environment. So thankful y’all are talking about this. Very hard for people around me to understand. I recently got a new whole house water filtration system & that is helping. Changed out my teeth fillings & swapped out my candles in my house. I take quercetin, c, d & fish oil. They help. It’s a journey. Good luck to all of us.

[ruschelmckinziejenkins]

I've had 47 tubes if blood labs sent to mayo clinic of Minnesota. Western blot etc, came back with 9 auto immune diseases 4 potentially fatal. And extremely high levels of heavy metals like aluminum mercury lead cadmium arsenic plus. Developed tachycardia and ended up admitted into the hospital (in home) with a picc line for 3 months. Gluten has been my biggest trigger along with all chemicals, all! I'm also allergic to wheat, whey, soy, all sugar, had discoid lupus and it became sle over night. I believe these heavy metals are causing these and mast cell. I pray to God they stop this all soon. It's in the food, air, literally everything. Its killing us all slowly. I now live with an EPIPEN and prepared at all times for a new allergy. I have reversed tachycardia so far. Fingers crossed

[keegsmum]

Re your comments at 12:10. Yup! Ever changing symptoms and reactions leaving me confused and my doctor thinking I am just neurotic, wasting health care resources and just suffering from stress. (I was in constant pain.) Consequently, he has ordered no tests for either histamine or MCAS (does not even suspect it...) and just keeps repeating the same old blood basic work screen that shows all is normal with me. Still I was suffering with increasing/chronic migraines, multi-joint pain (I could barely walk), chronic skin issues/itching, GI distress (attacks of vomiting/diarrhea) sudden BP drops, vertigo, heart palpitations at night, sleep disorder, and brain fog. An anti-inflammatory diet made me sooo much worse (My Dr. chalked it up to osteo arthritis and being stressed, so I was working under the assumption I had an inflammatory problem). Then, I decided to try something different. I got rid of fermented, aged and pickled foods, high histamine fruits and veggies, and certain OTC meds and started seeing significant improvement in only 2 weeks...after a year of misery. Am I pissed? You bet! Suffered for nothing.

[margaret-zu]

in mine case it was extreme fatigue, water retention, puffy swollen face, eyelids, limited mobility with time because every single cell of my body was in pain....until i found connection to histamine intolerance. my diet was based on fermented food, edged cheeses, edged meat, smoked salmon, smoked makrela, shrimps, hirings, mussels, avocados, tomatoes, bone broth, leftovers, black coffee, black tea, grapefruit...I eliminated all histamine triggers, I ate only fresh cooked beef, lamb, all meat organs. after only three days of clean diet my body was pain free! I have never felt better in my life, i am female 48 years young. I was in pain and very poor health condition at last for last 20 years. compare to how I feel now, I have no idea how I even was able to function before.

[mariavandenberg]

Yes! I got that point. I don’t know anymore what or when will something will affect me. Running out of foods to eat. My life is becoming very hard and limiting.

[lyndawilliams]

Hi -- I'm so glad to have discovered this site. I don't have a diagnosis but I've discussed these sensitivities with my doctor (who has no answers for me). Since a young age, I've broken out in hives after consuming foods containing citric acid (oranges, lemons, strawberries) but it was intermittent. As an adult, I once had nausea when eating melons (or any fruit first thing in the morning) on an empty stomach, but that went away. A couple years ago I began getting hives again, but a course of probiotics resolved the issue. Now the hives are back and these are the foods I cannot eat: any and all fruit except blueberries, bananas or pears, any vinegar or condiment containing vinegar except ACV, pickles, tomatoes, ketchup, tomato sauce, and sometimes fruity teas. This time the probiotics (histamine blockers and histamine reducing strains) are not having any effect at all. I would love to know whether this is a mast cell issue or something else entirely! Thanks for listening.

[richellehedrich]

Literally speaking my language! All the sudden I have allergies to things I never had allergies to before. And I had an anaphylactic response to shellfish at a young age. I went to an allergist. He tested me and said that I had no further allergy to it, so I tried a little bit of salmon and ended up in the ER. Same thing, things change week to week sometimes day today for me. Something that bothers me today doesn’t bother me tomorrow.

[shawnawalters]

On a Low Histamine Probiotic but still breaking out in hives regularly not to mention ALL the other symptoms. I swear all my allergy issues got way worse after my bout with COVID in Sept 2022 that lasted nearly a month, then the lingering LHC symptoms that I've had since then... it's ridiculous!

[eyeOOsee]

Great video! I wish I had found this earlier!
Thank you so much! 👍👍👍

[jenniferjackson]

"We are the best teachers in our greatest area of suffering" Dr. Maggie, I am beyond grateful for YOU! I am only beginning week 5 of the program and yes, my symptoms are improving but more importantly, you are empowering me with knowledge, understanding of root causes, and disinigrating my fear of dying from "random acts of violence against my body." To be perfectly honest, my fear that my "randomly" racing heart, severe palpitations, and spiking blood pressure would kill me was so strong that I met with my priest to discuss plans for my funeral and discuss writing letters to my children. YOUR willingness to be generous with your knowledge, your willingness to be vulnerable in sharing your own suffering, and your genuine care are truly Saving Lives. My quality of life, my ability to begin being the mom and the wife I want to be, and my recently discovered ability to hope and dream for the future are all because of you!! 💓

[AJ-knbf]

Amazing information, it’s a shame you and all of us are going against something bigger that only has to do with💰 💴 💵, just to keep us coming back. Very few are helpful, and many are greedy, it’s a damn shame. Thanks doc ❤

[jeremyhopwood]

I have been suffering 😭 from extreme itching over 90 percent my body for OVER 3 YEARS!!!! IT'S ALL BUT DESTROYED MY LIFE!!! I have yet to get a true diagnosis for this but have suspected that it is Histamine intolerance or MCAS!!!! I really need answers 😕 😩 I am so miserable that I have lost all Hope and joy in life 😔 Please Help 🙏 😢

[Phoenix]

Why does no one talk about bile salts? I was having malabsorption problems and when I add bile salts a lot of my issues go away. I also take many vitamins to help mitochondria health and the bile salts have helped me to absorb them!

[Jewell]

I believe this is so what's wrong with me!!!! Thought I was eating healthy and just getting worse !!!! Please any resources would be wonderful! Thank you so much!!

[ABasto-xvov]

My doctor, did not know what to do about my food intolerance, I never had food allergy before, this intolerance started last June 2022, I can only eat chicken, oatmeal, rice, potatoes, broccoli, cabbage and. Apples, . I self diagnose MCAS, And histamine intolerance coz my doctor does not know any about it. I need help coz I don’t know what else what to do . I get fatigue, short of breath, shaky palpitation, headache, nausea after I ate any that is high in histamine. I am getting of feeling this fear and worrying that any food I eat will make me sick. I am thankful that I happened to Click your program. II have been looking for this program for a long time. Thank you, Adelita Basto

[jenniferburroughs]

My son and I both started having symptoms within a month of each other. We both had Lyme, I have psoriatic arthritis, and celiac disease. We started having symptoms in 2020 and have such a limited diet. My son is autistic and has developed severe health anxiety from this, he is afraid to eat anything that isn't labeled as low histamine. He is 6ft tall and only weighs 145lbs. I did allergy blood testing on my own and came back slightly allergic to things that I have eaten my whole life, I ate sunbutter and felt as though I was going to die along with eggs, corn, soy, and oatmeal. An allergist gave both of us EpiPens, but that was the end of it. Nobody ever tried to figure out WHY.