Histamine/Anti-Histamine
Histamine
or
Anti-histamine
Friend
or Foe?
Histamine is a chemical that our body releases when it needs help correcting a
shortage of some very important substances like water, salt or potassium.
Histamine and its buddies (5 helpers)
will help re-balance the body that is “out of balance”.
Histamine is really a good thing that saves our lives according to Dr.
Batmanghelidj.
The medical field today is using anti-histamines because it does not understand
how histamine really works in the human body.
When histamine is produced in the body, it can be over-produced because
we are taking too much of one thing or another that our body cannot use.
A good
example is orange juice. Orange
juice is loaded with potassium that our body cannot use without salt.
So when a
person drinks orange juice and does not take enough salt that is required for
the potassium to go into the human cell, then histamine is released to take care
of this problem. A person needs 1/8
tsp of salt (3/4 gram) for every 8 oz (250 cc) of orange juice for the potassium
to be used by the cells in the body.
Dr. Batman explains this very clearly in his books.
The book we
like best is the “ABC of Asthma, Allergies and Lupus”.
On page 149 at the bottom and at the top of 150 he writes, “It is a
good policy to add some salt to orange juice to balance the actions of sodium
and potassium in maintaining the required volume of water inside and outside the
cells.”
In some
cultures, salt is added to melon and other fruits to accentuate their sweetness.
In effect, these fruits contain mostly potassium.
By adding salt to them before eating, a balance between the intake of
sodium and potassium results. The
same should be done to other fruits.
What Dr.
Batman is saying is we need salt with all our food because of the potassium.
Potassium is in almost everything we eat.
Yes, SALT can be very bad for us if we don’t take enough water to balance
out the salt intake.
Salt can
cause high blood pressure, make us retain water and help in clogging up our
arteries, and the list goes on. Dr.
Batman’s book, “Your Body’s Many Cries for Water”, explains how a shortage of
water and or too much SALT will cause most of the medical problems we have
today.
On the back
cover it says,
YOU WILL LEARN TO USE WATER TO:
·
Eliminate
pain, including heartburn, back pain, arthritis, colitis, angina, and migraine
headaches
·
Cure asthma
in a few days, naturally and forever
·
Cure
hypertension without diuretics or other medications
·
Lose weight
effortlessly and naturally, without strict dieting
·
Prevent and
reverse premature aging
This book
explains that a lack of water in the body (chronic dehydration) is the root
cause of many painful diseases including asthma, allergies, hypertension,
arthritis, angina pain and much more.
The biggest
problem today is we are not drinking enough water.
Instead we reach for coffee, tea, soda, sports drinks, energy drinks, etc.
The human body needs plain water and salt.
The proof of
this is the use of “SALINE IV’s” in ambulances and hospitals. They don’t give an
IV of plain water but of salt water.
One liter of saline is 33.8 oz of water and 9 grams of salt (1 ½ tsp of
salt). They don’t give you a sports
drink or energy drink IV, but a saline IV and sometimes they will give you a
liter of vitamins, minerals and another IV of sugar water (dextrose or glucose).
The best
natural antihistamine is salt,
according to Dr. Batman. If we take too much water and don’t take enough salt
for our water intake, the body will release histamine.
You can tell when you get a runny nose or possibly by having some
congestion in your throat and lungs.
If you are constantly clearing your throat, you need to take some salt.
The same is
true when eating foods rich in potassium or drinking fruit juices and not taking
enough salt for the potassium in the juices.
You can get a runny nose or have congestion in your throat or lungs.
Too much
salt intake will also cause the release of excess histamine and again you will
get the runny nose or congestion in the throat or lungs.
A person’s eyes could also be an indicator of histamine release in the
body by giving them a watery (runny) eye.
When you
drink water and have one of the symptoms listed, then you need to put some salt
on your tongue and the symptom should clear up.
If you are
eating food and have one of the listed symptoms then you need to take some salt
for the potassium. Just put some
salt on the end of your tongue and if it stops the symptom, then you know what
you are reading is true. It won’t hurt you to try it.
You don’t
have to swallow the salt, just let it stay on your tongue for a minute or two
and then you can rinse the salt out of your mouth or just release it into a cup
or napkin.
If you took
too much salt or put some salt on your tongue and have one of the symptoms, then
you would drink a glass of water or two and the symptom would go away.
Each person needs to be aware of
his or her symptoms, and try to find the proper balance of water to salt as well
as the required amount of salt for the foods they are eating.
The
strongest antihistamine we have is adrenaline. It is released by our adrenal
glands which sit over our kidneys.
Coffee, or
rather CAFFEINE, is what will stimulate the adrenal glands to release
adrenaline. CAFFEINE will also
cause the body to release its own stored energy it has for an emergency.
When the stored energy is released, the body will borrow what it needs to
put the energy back into its emergency system so it can react to another
emergency.
CAFFEINE
will cause the body to cannibalize off itself.
Every cell in the body needs water and salt to maintain healthy cells
that will work together to keep a person in good health.
There is so
much to be learned from reading Dr. Batman’s books.
This statement “Strict attention to daily salt intake is vital for
prevention of heart damage that can be caused by continuous stimulation of the
sympathetic nerve system when only water is taken” is from his book,
“ABC of Asthma, Allergies and Lupus” at the bottom of the page 172.
The use of commercial anti-histamines will only keep covering up the
body’s shortage of water and salt.
Just think about why doctors tell us to stay away from salt and sodium
because it’s not good for us. The doctors say we get way too much salt in our
foods today.
Commercial foods are loaded with salt/sodium to extend (preserve) the life of
the food. Excess salt/sodium is
very bad for us if we don’t drink plain water.
Plain water will wash out any extra salt held by the body.
But drinking plain water and not taking enough salt you will pull salt
out of the cells, causing an imbalance.
This imbalance is what causes diseases.
The body needs water and salt to stay healthy.
Ask your doctor or nurse to explain to you why they will give a person an IV of
saline (salt water) in the hospital when they tell us we are getting way too
much salt/sodium in our food today.
Our problem today is we are not drinking enough plain water anymore. We have turned to commercial beverages
Animals in the zoo drink plain water.
Dogs and cats drink plain water. Most dogs and cats don’t get enough
salt. That is why they lick humans’
skin. It’s for the salt. We suggest
that you put some salt in their water dish and you will see big changes in your
animal.