January is almost behind us.
And if you’re like me, you might quietly admit that it’s the one month of the year you like the least. Every January arrives loaded with expectation. We’re encouraged — sometimes pressured — to set ambitious New Year’s resolutions: change how we eat, move more, lose weight, overhaul our routines, become a “better” version of ourselves overnight. By the time the month ends, many of us feel we’ve already failed, setting a negative tone for the rest

Simple ways to reduce your overall “histamine load” These are not just clinical strategies I share with clients — they’re the same foundations I lean on daily as I navigate perimenopause with a much more reactive immune system than I’ve ever had before. Over the past couple of years, learning to really listen to my body has been essential. Through tracking symptoms, foods, environmental exposures, stress levels, and — crucially — where I am in my cycle, I’ve started to see cl

If you’d told me in my thirties that in my early forties I’d be carrying antihistamines everywhere and never leaving the house without an EpiPen, I wouldn’t have believed you. Yet here I am at 43 (nearly 44), navigating perimenopause alongside a whole new world of allergic reactions, food intolerances, and environmental sensitivities that have genuinely changed how I live day to day. Working with the allergy clinic at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth, I’ve been diagnosed with a