.... Table of Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................7
1.1. Motivation to write this book ............................................................ 8
1.2. Step-by-step approach: CURER ........................................................ 9
Case histories ....................................................................................11
2.1. Woman, age 48, the Netherlands – The author ................................. 11
2.2. Man, age 55, Germany .................................................................. 18
2.3. Woman, age 57, the Netherlands .................................................... 20
2.4. Man age 52, France....................................................................... 20
2.5. Man, United Kingdom .................................................................... 22
Understanding histamine...................................................................23
3.1. Histamine in food .......................................................................... 24
3.2. Mast cell degranulation .................................................................. 24
3.3. Biogenic amine degradation by enzymes .......................................... 28
Diseases.............................................................................................29
4.1. Histamine food poisoning ............................................................... 29
4.2. Histamine intolerance .................................................................... 30
4.3. Histadelia/undermethylation quackery ............................................. 35
4.4. Tyramine intolerance ..................................................................... 36
4.5. Mast cell activation........................................................................ 37
4.6. Leaky gut by lectins & salicylates .................................................... 38
4.7. Helicobacter pylori infection............................................................ 38
Cascades of symptoms.......................................................................39
5.1. Histamine .................................................................................... 40
5.2. Hypoxia: low oxygen ..................................................................... 40
5.3. Adrenaline ................................................................................... 42
5.4. Hypoglycemia: low blood glucose.................................................... 49
5.5. Tyramine ..................................................................................... 49
5.6. Mast cell degranulation .................................................................. 49
Individual symptoms ................................................................ 52
6.1. Diarrhea, constipation, irritable bowel.............................................. 52
6.2. Acid/Gastroesophageal reflux, GERD ............................................... 52
6.3. Dysmenorrhoea ............................................................................ 53
6.4. Arthritis ....................................................................................... 53
6.5. Fibromyalgia ................................................................................ 53
6.6. Cyclic Vomiting ............................................................................. 54
6.7. Headache and migraine ................................................................. 54
6.8. Chronic Fatigue............................................................................. 56
Diagnosis ...........................................................................................57
- Your medical history ...................................................................... 57
- Check for other diseases ................................................................ 57
- Diary ........................................................................................... 58
- Elimination diet............................................................................. 58
- Histamine skin prick test ................................................................ 58
- DAO activity in blood serum ........................................................... 59
- Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Oral Provocation ............................. 60
- Gene testing................................................................................. 60
- Mast cell activation syndrome......................................................... 60 ....
