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The healthier I ate, the puffier I looked. It took me 10 years to find out why

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Have you ever felt like you're doing everything right: eating healthy, exercising, taking care of yourself, yet you still look puffy, bloated, inflamed, and "soft"? I get you. I tried to lose fat and tone up for over a decade without results. During this time, I did so many things the wrong way. I was overtraining and under-eating because I thought that was the way to my dream body, but instead of getting fit, I stayed puffy, bloated, soft, and wrecked my health. For years, I thought I just had stubborn fat. On top of that, I had the weirdest symptoms: random food reactions, stomach cramps, flushing, eczema, and a body composition that wouldn't change no matter what I did.
In this video, I discuss one of the rarely covered but often occurring health complications called histamine intolerance. And especially it occurs in women and girls who tend to train hard and diet.
I thought it was a food intolerance or a food allergy. It felt like my body reacted to everything and nothing. Every time different things triggered my symptoms, I thought I had gluten intolerance, lactose intolerance, or other food intolerance, but it wasn't. It was something much more complicated, a histamine intolerance. And what I didn't know at all is that the healthiest foods I ate made it even worse. Healthy foods like avocado, spinach, kombucha, sauerkraut, fermented foods, and more were actually making my symptoms worse.
I'll cover: what is histamine intolerance, common symptoms, healthy foods that you should avoid, and why, if you have histamine intolerance, the connection between stress, overtraining, under-eating, and histamine intolerance, how histamine affects bloating, puffiness, water retention, and inflammation, and how to get rid of histamine intolerance naturally.
So if you struggled with unexplained bloating, puffiness, eczema, food sensitivities, gut issues, inflammation, or a body that won't seem to lean out despite your efforts, this video will help to connect some dots.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 The symptoms nobody connected
01:57 What histamine intolerance actually is
02:43 Why does it feel like you're sensitive to everything
03:18 How to identify if you have histamine intolerance
05:02 The surprising things that cause histamine intolerance (and make it worse)
08:41 Healthy foods that make symptoms worse (must avoid) | histamine diet
10:54 How to fix histamine intolerance
13:00 What actually helps long-term

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20 Comments

@katarinathesecond Creator 4 months ago (edited) Pinned

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@spring7643 3 months ago

3:18 how to identify if you have histamine intolerance

5:12 what causes it

12:23 get enough vitamin B6, vitamin C and copper

12:31 reduce the intensity of workouts, switch to walking, yoga, etc.

I had no idea stress was so harmful in this complex way but it completely makes sense.

@yoursugarismine 3 months ago

Being prescribed antib for 4 weeks is diabolical. Glad you questioned it and did your own research

@kdjiaahi 3 months ago

Most of it is through stress, belittle it. And then add back in moderation.

@catnap8042 3 months ago

I‘m 44 and I can attest that stress was all my life the reason my histamine bucket overflow. business stress and even more bad relationships where I stayed to long. The last one I got the worse PMS I‘ve ever had, developed asthma and hives. Additionally to this I eliminated red wine (I throw up only from one glass) and avocado (so bad stomach pain) completely from my diet and also immature child men 😅 For the I’m single now, 6 years, and eliminated mentioned food, I’m fine. All inflammation signs disappeared. Regards from Germany ❤

@HigherVibe-f7j 3 months ago

I personally believe that we've been consuming foods that have been treated w way too many pesticides, chemicals, etc and on top of that many of us may eat processed foods or junk food during certain stressful times etc. Combine that with stress and it probably contributes to gut issues. Histamine intolerance has been around for a long time but it seems that its becoming even more common than ever before. I believe the quality of food is partially to blame. Chemicals from personal care, fillers, environment too...the list goes on and on. Thank you for doing a great job and sharing all this helpful information. btw..I am half Finish :) also.

@MissHeloryKo 3 months ago

Thank you so much for making this video! For me what helped the most was slowing down when needed and getting 9+ hours of sleep per day. Eating super healthy and eliminating foods didn't make a big difference for me

@Aurore4404 3 months ago

Bucket! I found out this 1 yr ago after 10 years of confusion. My peace now has no price, I say no more easily at work, I give peace to my body, no intense workout, and fresh fresh food everyday ❤

@marleen1451 3 months ago

First thing the dermatologist asked my daughter (for her eczema problems): What do you eat on a daily basis. Not the question she expected.

@Katz-w2l 3 months ago

PERFECT TIMING? I LITERALLY NEEDED THIS VIDEO SO BAD BECAUSE I HAVE SO MANY OF THE SYMPTOMS LIKE BLOATING, CRAMPS,HIVES, RUNNY NOSE AND I DIDNT GET MY PERIOD THIS MONTH. MY BUCKET IS OVERFLOWING AND I REALIZED IVE BEEN UNDEREATING AND OVER WORKING OUT

@desexplicando 3 months ago

Being honest, I'm so sick of all this intolerance stuff that I'm about to just accept the symptoms and live on. I can't afford to cut off any more food out of my diet.
Anyway, I'm thankful for your video

@ILilahW2032 3 months ago (edited)

EVERY single thing you mentioned is EVERY single issue Ive been having for 7 years straight and im only 17, Thank you so much this is amazing..

@ah43444 3 months ago

I eat sooo dang healthy and still puffy

@FionaHayden-u8h 1 month ago

The connection between training, recovery, nutrition, and how the body responds is so interesting. It’s a good reminder that more exercise and less food are not always the answer. Tools like AlterMe can be useful for taking a more personalized approach and paying attention to what your body may actually need.