An iodine deficiency, seaweed, and less sugar
Stephanie found she was iodine deficient and started reading about histamine release. What she changed, and how her hives and dermatographia responded.
Stephanie ·
- Living with it
- More than 5 years
- Main trigger
- Sugar, and something to do with gut bacteria
- What helped
- Correcting an iodine deficiency, vitamin C, and cutting sugar
I don't know who this can help, but here's what I've found.
I have dermatographia and hives off and on. I recently found out I'm deficient in iodine — and there are studies on iodine being an inhibitor of histamine release, as well as vitamin C. I've been eating seaweed to try to boost my levels and I'm doing better.
I'm curious whether it will change anything more once my levels are properly up. I do notice that if I eat any sugar I start itching. I also tested positive on an organic acid test for some candida, even though I had no symptoms, so I did 9 weeks of trying to clear it by eating paleo and taking a lot of herbs — and I barely had a single break out during that time. So maybe there's a connection there.
I've since gone back to eating normally and I'm having some break outs here and there. I'm not sure I want to do the diet and the herbs again, though I'm fairly sure I have an imbalance in my gut bacteria.
Has anyone else had experience with any of this?
(Sharing as a personal experience, not medical advice — worth talking to your own doctor before changing anything.)