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My partner has IBS and has been on the low FODMAP diet for a couple of months with great success but every so often he tries something and has the reaction your talking about, for instance, he tried kombucha last week and his face, ears and neck became so hot and sweaty for about half an hour that he said he’d never try that again! He sometimes gets it having a coffee, but not always, almost always if he has a beer. We assumed that he was just becoming allergic to foods that he’d eaten for decades or hadn’t noticed the reaction cause it was a constant, but now I’m wondering if it’s because of the build up of tyramine? Don’t know, but I’m going to start fermenting food this week as I’ve just discovered both it and your site, so we are both going to give it a go and see how it goes with his tummy, mine is fine, I have no problems luckily😋

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If you do start, start small. Make a small batch of kraut, eat a small amount each day or leave a few days between tests. Build it up slowly as your gut may also react if you eat a whole plateful after not eating ferments. Small batches eaten more quickly should have less histamine. I'm still figuring this out for myself as I love the long-term food preservation I get with pickles and ferments.

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Ok thanks for that,

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This is perfect advice. I am histamine intolerant and this is exactly how I went about it. That said, stress and combinations of food and prep complicates things. The next point is that everyone reacts differently to different foods and even fluctuates with women with their cycle. Perimenopause is a moment that many women have reactions they have never had before.

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It’s very complicated isn’t it? Hard to do a broad post but at least it can get people thinking about it.

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Yes, and I have all your books:), and my cellar full of ferments, miso and shio Koji (which I have eaten without problem for 8 years) and overnight can’t eat any of it. The whole thing is a process, but where there is a will there is a way!

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Great advice—thank you

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Ah, to see the world through the eyes of the little ones ! Each experience is a gift.

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Wow! You saw hair ice!

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/heres-how-strange-phenomenon-called-hair-ice-forms-dead-trees-180956059/

And thank you for the information on histamines.

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Thnks for sharing this. I had no idea and have never seen it before but the article mentions the higher latitudes. I was baffled by it only being on one stick

Now it all makes sense 😀😀😀

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I can’t work out that last shot.

Your granddaughter is lucky… I didn’t experience snow until my mid twenties!!

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It’s called hair ice — just learned bout it from the link another reader posted. Turns out there is a microbial component—makes love it even more.

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