The Reluctant Raw Foodist

Are you what you eat?

"I used to be a' foodie' and now I am a "foodist'"

Welcome to my health and wellbeing blog.

I’m not a raw foodist by choice. I was recently diagnosed as having a complicated autoimmune condition including severe Histamine Intolerance and a form of reactive arthritis. I have become hypersensitive to high histamine foods, pollen, dust and some everyday chemicals. My condition affects every area of my life.

I have Mast Cell Activation Disease (MCAD).

I was prescribed a low histamine diet and then a raw food diet to ease my symptoms and over the past 2 years I have overcome my reluctance to a new way of eating and living. I have been experimenting to combine the two diets and I have been learning how to eat a diet comprising mainly of low histamine raw fruit and vegetables and how to change the habits of a life time.

I am starting to feel healthier than I have ever been before. I have also lost 35 lbs in weight.

I will be sharing with you how I got here and I'll be exploring low histamine raw recipes, natural beauty products, how to cope with being "allergic to everything" and generally how to regain health and fitness and live life to the full despite my unusual condition!

Please feel free to message me with any suggestions, questions, or comments. I'd love to hear from you!

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Posts tagged "cloves for pain"

Toothache

So this week I had 3 old filings removed (I used to eat sweets!) and replaced. The dentist and I talked about whether I endured the pain (histamine response) or tried the local anaesthetic (probable bad reaction and histamine response). In the end he talked me into having the injection. I think he was worried I might move suddenly with the pain and swallow the drill or something! LOL

Any way i now have a swollen mouth and mouth pain big time.. OWOWOWOW!!!

I cannot take pain killers without knocking myself out for days and I have to look after my husband tomorrow as his support worker is away.

So I am sucking cloves! Yes they work! I am really surprised as i thought this was a fallacy.

I am also freezing my mouth with frozen water melon… delish!! and it is cooling the inflammation!!!! LOL