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The concentration of polyamines in spoiled food can you may have a severe allergy-addiction going on—and be toxic. Meats and fish are very susceptible to micro- a severe withdrawal. Microbial action also occurs on organism invasion and subsequent enzymatic action. cheeses; these, too, may have high histamine levels. Fresh fish may remain unspoiled for only one day in the The more aged the cheese, the higher the histamine refrigerator. A condition called scombroid poisoning is __ level. associated with polyamine toxicity. Scombroid fish To counter the effects of histamine, some physicians include mackerel, tuna and bluefish. These and other make up dilutions of histamine for patients to place rapidly moving fish—mahi-mahi, sardines, anchovies __ under the tongue. This has helped some people. and herring—are subject to rapid microbial decomposition There is also the homeopathic remedy histaminum, after being caught. These fish contain high amounts of | which may offer similar help. It is not individually he amino acid histidine in their tissues. Bacterial titrated but can be muscle tested. decomposition of the fish converts the histidine to istamine. No odour may be imparted by this action, | Antihypertensive Drugs and Mast Cell Disease so the decomposition may go Few seem to know that a commonly undetected. But there may be an prescribed class of drugs poses a immediate sharp io tinge in Beta-blocker grave risk for many people who may igh-histamine foods. often ' . unknowingly be predisposed to yields the same effect on the taste drugs, first widely acquiring a subsequent, permanent ruc n come eopis| Maddonel | prescribed for ast cel disease, Beta blocker his histamine effect. A severe hypertension, are hypertension, are now being given for reaction may then ensue. Some call 4 H post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), it a pseudo-allergic reaction. now being given anxiety and cancer. Deliberately or Regardless of the mechanism or what for post-traumatic not, this may end up causing an we call it, we need to find out which . epidemic of MCD sufferers, and | oods are making us sick. stress disorder hope to prevent this. Symptoms of histamine, cadaverine (PTSD), anxiety These frequently prescribed beta or putrescine reaction include blockers have been shown to acial flushing, chest tightness, and cancer. ead to protracted anaphylactic sweating, nausea. yom. Deliberately or reactivity. In rene VF oogood ingling, rash, hives, headache, ° wrote:’ "Beta-blocker therapy is shortness of breath, dizziness, not, this may end associated with an increase in tnrobbing. ms or larthoca. up causing an the Severity an possibly the ooking or other processing wi 9 Q incidence of acute anaphylaxis. not destroy putrescine once it is epidemic of The population at risk consists of people with allergic conditions who are given a beta-blocker for an unrelated condition. ast up to a day. These are Anaphylaxis under these conditions similar complaints to MSG may be severe, protracted and resistant reaction or to mast cell disease. to conventional treatment because of the beta-adrenergic If someone is or becomes very sensitive to histamine, blockade." (Emphasis added.) What Toogood in 1987 s/he can then react to all meats as well. This is because called protracted anaphylactic reactivity may be what microbial action on meat will result in histamine — we now call mast cell disease or mast cell activation creation. The longer that meat is stored after cooking, | syndrome. present. After ingestion, symptoms can occur within 10 minutes to two hours and may MCD... he higher the histamine levels will become. Then Very allergic people and those with asthma, mast cell here is the issue of glutamate levels, which have been _ disease, porphyria or MCS/EI should consider avoiding ound in all cooked meats. Those with MSG sensitivity will | these beta blockers. Some physicians put people on be most affected here. Meats are high in sulphur very high amounts of these and_ other compounds as well. All these factors can account for antihypertensives, even when these drugs (1) don't why many people are healthier after becoming _ lower blood pressure (40 per cent of the time) and (2) vegetarians. You may also find yourself feeling less | cause more imminent dangers (as here) than what they ungry after giving up or cutting down on meats and/or are trying to prevent. It's a difficult problem, as heir fats. There is sometimes a type of withdrawal hypertension poses cardiac risk; but if such drugs either period of 5-30 days, whereby the person craves meat or are not working or are causing immediate, serious its fat before such craving ends. If you find that you reactions—sometimes including allergic or need to eat beef (or anything else) three times a day, anaphylactic crisis or hypertension itself—then a you may have a severe allergy-addiction going on—and a severe withdrawal. Microbial action also occurs on cheeses; these, too, may have high histamine levels. The more aged the cheese, the higher the histamine level. To counter the effects of histamine, some physicians make up dilutions of histamine for patients to place under the tongue. This has helped some people. There is also the homeopathic remedy histaminum, which may offer similar help. It is not individually titrated but can be muscle tested. prescribed for hypertension, are now being given for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and cancer. up causing an epidemic of MCD... or 40 * NEXUS Beta-blocker ; drugs, first widely Deliberately or not, this may end FEBRUARY - MARCH 2012 www.nexusmagazine.com