Happy Without Histamine - Histamine Intolerance Nutritionist
Get back to the life and foods you love! I combine nutrition + neuroscience to help you with histamine intolerance and MCAS.
Grab your free low histamine food guide – https://hwh.luannehopkinson.net/low-histamine-food-guide I am qualified in naturopathic nutrition and coaching. I focus on teaching clients how to nourish their bodies, using food and lifestyle changes for optimal healing and health. I offer optional functional testing such as Microbiome Mapping, DAO testing, allergy testing, and more to look at the root cause of symptoms. I work as a team with my clients, providing a caring, patient-centered approach to gently support my clients on the road to recovery and healing. Join my free masterclass - The 5-Step Plan to Heal from Histamine Intolerance https://hwh.luannehopkinson.net/5histamine-secrets/masterclass-on-demand
Buy your Happy Without Histamine 4-week meal plan with recipes, prep guides, and shopping lists. Gluten, dairy, soy, nightshade, and legume-free. An easy way to get started on a low histamine diet. http://www.happywithouthistamine.com/landing/
For you sexy vegans there is a delicious plant-based low histamine recipe eBook with a 7-day meal plan. https://bit.ly/3tT1bDs
⚠️ If your histamine intolerance is “better” but you still feel exhausted, something deeper may be going on.
Food reactions may be calmer. Supplements may be helping.
But fatigue remains.
🧠 Mast cells do not act alone.
They interact with the nervous system and influence how the body allocates energy.
If the system still perceives threat, the cell danger response can remain active.
In that state energy is prioritised for protection rather than repair.
🦠 The trigger may not be histamine itself.
It may be ongoing immune activation from the gut, chronic stress signalling or unresolved inflammatory inputs.
Lowering histamine can reduce load, but it does not automatically switch off a defensive state.
🔎 When fatigue persists, the question shifts.
Not just how do I lower histamine.
But what is still signalling danger to my system.
This is the cell danger response, read more about it in this month's blog, comment “FATIGUE” for the link.
🧘♀️ Taking time out is often framed as falling behind, but it is usually the opposite. Pausing, resetting, and allowing space helps you return clearer and steadier. Rest supports forward movement.
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26/03/2026
Do you know the difference between MCAS and histamine intolerance?
Histamine intolerance is about how well you digest histamine in foods and how well you detoxify histamine.
MCAS is when your mast cells are activating, e.g. releasing inflammatory compounds - histamine is just one!
Comment WHICH for the link to my video and blog post for a deeper dive 😀
26/03/2026
✨ “You do not have to fix everything today.”
👉🏻 Carrying the weight of solving it all at once is exhausting. Breaking things into manageable pieces keeps you moving without overwhelm. Progress can be quiet and still count.
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25/03/2026
⭐⭐ Drinks that are safe on a Low Histamine Plan ⭐⭐
There is a life waiting for you even if you have histamine intolerance or MCAS without fear of symptoms or food.
I was housebound with ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, mast cell activation syndrome, histamine intolerance, SIBO, IBS, dizziness, pain, anxiety, tinnitus, and more.
There is a path forward.
You can do this.
And if you want my help I’m here.
24/03/2026
🧠 Histamine intolerance rarely exists in isolation.
It often reflects the interaction between mast cell activation, nervous system dysregulation and the metabolic shifts described in the cell danger response.
You might notice reactions are easier to manage, but you still feel exhausted.
That can mean mast cells are quieter on the surface while the broader cell danger response is still active underneath.
Read more about the cell danger response in this month's blog,
comment “FATIGUE” for the link.
Comment KICK and I'll DM you the link right now. Or find it in my bio. 💜
24/03/2026
Spices to avoid with Histamine Intolerance:
These herbs and spices are high histamine or histamine liberators:
👉 Soy sauce
👉 Tamari
👉 Fish sauce
👉 Oyster sauce
👉 Liquorice
👉 Fenugreek
Instead try using ginger, turmeric, curry leaves, garlic, lemongrass and saffron. All of these are low histamine herbs and spices. Which one is your favourite?
Grab your free Low Histamine Food Guide.
Comment GUIDE and I will send you the link.
Still reacting on the low histamine diet? Before you cut anything else out — watch this.
One of the biggest mistakes I see is women getting stricter and stricter with food because they assume more symptoms must mean more restriction is needed.
It doesn’t always mean that.
The low histamine diet is a useful tool. But it was never meant to become a food-based fear prison. (And yes, I’m using that phrase deliberately, because that’s exactly what it starts to feel like for a lot of people.)
The goal is not to become perfect at avoiding food. The goal is to calm the system enough so your body has a chance to stabilise.
If you’re still reacting and still shrinking your food list and nothing is getting better — the problem is usually not that you need more restriction. It’s that your body needs a more complete approach. One that includes food, yes. But also nervous system regulation and a calmer baseline.
You are not broken. You are not doing a terrible job. You’re just missing a piece.
If you want to know what that piece looks like in practice, the Easy Low Histamine Diet Kickstart is open now
Link in bio. Or comment KICKSTART and I’ll send it to you directly.
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Hello! I'm Luanne a clinical nutritionist from Melbourne, Australia.
I have histamine intolerance, so I created this page to help others like myself.
Why so happy?
Well, I was miserable with hives, anaphylactic episodes, fatigue, brain fog, skin rash, chills, hot flushes, and digestive disorders and wondering what on earth was wrong with me when I had a lightbulb moment. Maybe it’s histamine!
The next day, I started myself on a low histamine diet. From my training I have some knowledge about the top 10 histamine containing foods and this helped a little bit. So I then delved deep into the research and created my own list. After a few weeks of eating this way I finally started to really feel better. I actually realised I felt happy for the first time in ages.
I tidied up my low histamine list and provided it free to everyone, so that they could have more information about what might be troubling them.
I then received a lot of questions asking me if I knew of any good resources or recipes books that might help. There were a few around but none that I felt covered the full range of foods that needed to be covered. So I created the Ultra Low Histamine meal plan and recipe book. It contains over 55 recipes and 4 weeks of meal plans with shopping lists and prep guides. This will make it so much easier for people to start the diet and not have as many pitfalls as I did.
If this sounds like you, check out the Happy Without Histamine plan and try it for yourself.
I hope you find some support here and if you have questions please send them over, or join the facebook group to get even more support!
