GroundedApproach

GroundedApproach Nutritionist and GAPS practitioner for reversing histamine intolerance and food sensitivites

27/04/2026

Candida feeds mostly off carbohydrates and ferments them into alcohol. It can cause damage to the liver and make you feel depressed. It also makes the gut leaky which contributes to food intolerances as it allows undigested foods to leak past the gut lining. Your immune system doesn’t like this and often responds with a histamine dump.

Many people think that just following a low carb diet or doing an antimicrobial Candida cleanse should get rid of Candida overgrowth. But it misses the big picture.

You need something to replace the Candida and break down carbohydrates. If your gut has lots of healthy microbes (probiotics) they can break down sugars, starches and forms of carbohydrates into vitamins ands and nutrients for the body.

If you are lacking these beneficial microbes, as soon as you reintroduce carbs the dormant Candida comes right back because it has to.

You can’t just kill Candida. You need to replenish the beneficial microbes if you want to enjoy carbohydrates again without the annoying symptoms .

20/04/2026

If you’re stuggling to get your meat stock gelatinous try these 3 tips.

1. Add more of one of the following: chicken feet, beef tendons or pork trotters. Having those cuts make up around 30% of your bones is a great rule of thumb.

2. Use less water. Pack your meaty bones into the pot and add filtered water so it is just covering the bones by about 2 cm.

3. Try pressure cooking. This isn’t a traditional method but for many of my clients who have histamine issues, pressure cooked stock is the best tolerated. I suggest pressure cooking for 30-45 minutes. Make sure to use a pressure cooker that is not coated with teflon or a non stick surface.

If you need recipes make sure to grab my feee guide (link in bio!)

FATS are an essential part of healing. But how do you heal your digestion with fats if you can’t digest them?!Here are s...
16/04/2026

FATS are an essential part of healing. But how do you heal your digestion with fats if you can’t digest them?!

Here are some suggestions. I personally like to wait until histamine intolerance and MCAS have calmed down before trying these but when the time comes they can be amazing!

What did I miss?

13/04/2026

Don’t shoot the messenger.

03/04/2026

Obviously this is not the only role of Histamine, but it’s one you might not know about.

Stomach acid helps to break down food proteins. It also helps your body create digestive enzymes. It signals for the release of antimicrobial substances that kill pathogenic microbes.

The histamine release you get from foods is not random. It’s your body trying to heal & a sign to work on your gut health starting with baby steps

26/03/2026

Many people think that buying meat from a local, regenerative farm means the meat will be fresh and low histamine. Sadly that is not the case. It can take weeks for your meat to actually reach your hand and during that time, histamine producing bacteria multiply like crazy.

I had a great farmer who I bought bulk meat from in Australia. Out of curiosity I asked how long it took for the meat to to reach us after slaughter and she told me 30 days!

This wasn’t a problem for us because we don’t have histamine issues but that would certainly be a huge problem for my clients!

When your gut is imbalanced there will be an overgrowth of histamine producing bacteria and undigested foods leaking into the bloodstream causing your body to overproduce histamine. This heals in time, but in the early stages of healing I highly recommend only buying low histamine meat. This will keep your histamine levels as low as possible which means your symptoms will be more manageable.

I have a few suppliers in my free guide but I particularly like Northstar bison. They have so many options of animals to choose from which is really helpful for those who react to chicken and beef. You can use the discount code Groundedapproach10 for 10% off.

For extra sensitive clients I often recommend starting with low histamine bison, elk or lamb.

Eventually when your gut is healed you and your body stops overproducing histamine, you can go back to your favourite local farmers and enjoy meats that may be aged a little longer.

Oh yes and my hat that says “eat meat” is from there too. I get compliments every time I wear it.

29/12/2025

I have had so many people reach out to me after developing histamine issues on the carnivore diet. Usually they start out feeling great, as their zinc gets replenished, but over time a zinc excess, actually can cause the body to flush out copper, causing deficiencies.

This is not the only reason histamine issues present but I believe it is one significant factor.

Seafood tends to be higher in copper, but it’s often also high in zinc so if there is a serious deficiency it might not be enough to fix it. Seafood is also typically very high in histamine so might not be helpful.

Plants are higher in copper, so if you’re craving them and not feeling well on a carnivore diet, this might be why.

01/12/2025

What do you think?

27/11/2025

Shout out to everyone ruining thanksgiving this year! Who’s learned the hard way?

I wish everyone understood that doing a few weeks of gut healing prep before jumping into the GAPS diet could make every...
02/09/2025

I wish everyone understood that doing a few weeks of gut healing prep before jumping into the GAPS diet could make everything so much easier. Knowing how to keep your diet low in histamine will not only benefit you by having less symptoms but it will help you heal faster.
Histamine intolerance is not permanent and does heal! It’s annoying in the beginning but if you take a little time to understand it, it will be so worth your while. ”
We have a whole group with a private support page dedicated to teaching you how to back up and heal histamine issues so you can make real progress on your healing journey. LInk is in the bio!

30/08/2025

You don’t need to buy a SCOBY(little jellyfish thing that people sell) to make kombucha! If you have access to RAW kombucha you can make your own homemade kombucha and it will grow a SCOBY in the process which you can use over and over if you wish.

In your next batch you can use the exact same recipe but 1/2 cup of your homemade kombucha and/ or your homegrown SCOBY instead of buying more kombucha from the store!

The key is that you need truely raw kombucha. Many brands are labeled raw but are actually pasturised so I try to buy local brands from health shops. Buchi is a great brand in Australia and GTs in America works as well. I’ve made this dozens of times over the years and it works best with raw unflavoured kombucha.

The easiest way to remember the recipe is 1/2, 1/2, 1/2

If you’re making 2 quart/litre (it’s the same) you need:

⭐️ 1/2 cup sugar
⭐️ 1/2 cup raw kombucha
⭐️ 1/2 cup of fresh or frozen fruit to flavour

If you’re on a healing journey I wouldn’t add this in until you’re tolerating many other foods like stock, sauerkraut, yoghurt etc.

I made this in the subtropical australia summer so if you’re in winter it will likely take more like 15-20 days for the first ferment and 6-8 days to get it fizzy in the second ferment ❤️

27/08/2025

Anytime I post about meat stock people immediately assume I’m talking about bone broth! They are different and you should not be having bone broth.

But meat stock, when made properly is low in histamine and low in glutamate. It detoxes the body from histamine producing yeast and rebuilds the intestinal lining.

In my experience meat stock is crucial to reversing histamine issues. But you have to start slow. As it removes histamine producing microbes it can cause a flare so many people need to start with just 1 tsp.

For my full protocol on rebuilding the gut lining and reversing histamine overproduction check out my cure histamine course!

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