This post provides some practical tips for managing MCAS — specifically to address stress as a trigger for MCAS. Stress, toxins, and infections are the three underlying triggers for Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). This post covers treatments that are helpful for vagus nerve injury and limbic system dysfunction, which fall under the category of “stress.” So how do you manage “stress”? Read to find out!
The Importance of Vagus Nerve Health in MCAS
This post addresses the importance of vagus nerve health for MCAS.
To Die For Dreamy Lower Histamine Brownie Recipe
This lower histamine brownie recipe is one way to make a low-histamine, sugar-free diet doable. I gotta have my chocolate!
Sizzling Lower Histamine Stirfry Recipe
This lower histamine stirfry recipe is great if you are on a high-fat or Keto diet, and it is adapted from several recipes I’ve tried. You can use any combination of tolerated vegetables that you like to customize this recipe.
Avoid Frustration – Figure Out What You Can Eat When You Have MCAS
This post provides ideas for what you can eat when you have MCAS.
Lower Histamine Breakfast Casserole
This lower histamine breakfast casserole is a delicious eggy start to your day. This breakfast casserole is from my childhood is inspired by Eastern European blini stuffed with a ricotta filling. The recipe has gone through many revisions throughout my life, first to make it gluten-free (this recipe works well with gluten-free flour mixes), and then to become low-oxalate (it also works great with almond flour, though I can’t tolerate almonds anymore due to their high oxalate content), and now to be low histamine (though of course what is low histamine for one person won’t necessarily be for another person). This recipe is also great if you are on a high-fat or Keto diet.
Surviving with MCAS Away from Home
This post provides tips and tricks for surviving with MCAS away from home.
What is MCAS?
This post provides a primer on what is Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.
Secret Tips for Car Camping with Complex Chronic Illness
This post provides tips and tricks for car camping with complex chronic illness. So, let’s say that you have a complex chronic illness. You can’t eat in restaurants. You react to the bleach in bedding and towels in hotels. The pressure change from air travel makes you sick. How do you travel? Good question! Read on for my time-tested hacks for car camping with complex chronic illness.
My MCAS Journey – An Unbelievable Transformation
This post provides the context for this blog – My MCAS Journey – where it started, what has helped me along the way, what has failed miserably, and where I am now. Come along on my MCAS journey!