Monica's Herbal Health

19/07/2025

18/07/2025

🌿 **Struggling with Bloating? It Might Be Histamine Intolerance** 😣

If you're constantly dealing with bloating, gas, or stomach discomfort — especially after eating “healthy” foods like avocados, spinach, or fermented foods — histamine intolerance could be the hidden culprit.

🧪 Histamine is a natural compound involved in digestion, immune response, and brain function. But when your body can’t break it down properly, it builds up and triggers symptoms like:

* Bloating and abdominal pain
* Headaches or migraines
* Skin issues (rashes, hives)
* Fatigue
* Anxiety or brain fog

🍷 Common histamine-rich foods include aged cheeses, red wine, cured meats, and even leftovers. Some people also have trouble with foods that **trigger histamine release**, even if they’re low in histamine themselves.

💡 If this sounds familiar, you’re *not alone* — and it’s not in your head. Histamine intolerance is often overlooked, but understanding it can be life-changing.

Curious if this could be you? I have been helping people with histamine intolerance for some time now and would love to help you too, or perhaps you know someone that maybe suffering from a histamine intolerance. .Drop a comment or DM me! 💬
See you in the clinic
Your wellbeing Matters
with love Monica x

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18/07/2025

🌿 **Struggling with Bloating? It Might Be Histamine Intolerance** 😣

If you're constantly dealing with bloating, gas, or stomach discomfort — especially after eating “healthy” foods like banana's, avocados, spinach, or fermented foods — histamine intolerance could be the hidden culprit.

🧪 Histamine is a natural compound involved in digestion, immune response, and brain function. But when your body can’t break it down properly, it builds up and triggers symptoms like:

* Bloating and abdominal pain
* Headaches or migraines
* Skin issues (rashes, hives)
* Fatigue
* Anxiety or brain fog

🍷 Common histamine-rich foods include aged cheeses, wines, cured meats, and even leftovers. Some people also have trouble with foods that **trigger histamine release**, even if they’re low in histamine themselves.

💡 If this sounds familiar, you’re *not alone* — and it’s not in your head. Histamine intolerance is often overlooked, but understanding it can be life-changing.

Curious if this could be you? I’ve been helping people with histamine intolerance for some time now, and would love to help you too, or perhaps you know someone who may benefit from investigating if histamine intolerance has been effecting them.
Drop a comment or DM me! 💬
Your wellbeing Matters
with Love Monica

10/07/2025

A friend sent this to me 😂 to good not to share.
So to all my PMS, peri menopausal, post menopausal ladies, who else feels like this??
Your well-being Matters
With love Monica

25/06/2025

🌿 Winter Healing Chicken Soup (Pressure Cooker Friendly!) 🍲Low histamine

There’s nothing quite like a warm bowl of nourishing chicken soup to keep you cozy through winter ❄️—especially when it’s low histamine, gut-friendly, and packed with love 💛

Here’s how I make mine in the pressure cooker (a great option if you’re histamine sensitive like me!):

🌾 Ingredients (feel free to adjust to your needs!):

1 whole chicken (organic if possible)

1 leek (sautéed first)

Garlic (optional – leave it out if you’re following a low FODMAP diet)

2–3 celery stalks

2 carrots

A couple of potatoes

Optional extras: beetroot (yes really!), parsnip, zucchini, pumpkin—whatever you have on hand!

🧂 Seasonings:

Celtic sea salt

Herbamare (love this for extra flavour!)

Italian herb mix

½ tsp turmeric powder

Low FODMAP veggie stock (or homemade stock if you prefer)

🫕 Method:

Sauté the leek in a bit of oil in your pressure cooker.

Add garlic if you're using it.

Toss in chopped veg, whole chicken, seasonings, and stock (enough to just cover everything).

Pressure cook for about 1.5 hours.

Carefully release pressure, remove the chicken, shred the meat, and return it to the soup.

And that’s it! A big, healing bowl of goodness ready to nourish.

✨ I love how flexible this recipe is—you can add in any root veggies or herbs you love, and it still turns out delicious.

Would love to know—what’s your must-have veggie in a winter soup?

24/06/2025

🌱 Health isn’t just the absence of illness — it’s energy, clarity, and balance.
If you’ve been running on empty, putting off your own health, or not feeling your best — this is your reminder: your health matters.
As a Naturopath I help people rebalance naturally with gentle, personalized care. Whether it’s hormones, digestion, sleep, stress, or something in between — let’s find what’s really going on and help you heal.
You don’t have to figure it all out alone. 💚
📅 Book your consultation here,
looking forward to working with you soon
Your wellbeing Matters, with Love Monica
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23/05/2025

Exciting!! A day ahead of learning,
Can’t wait to share some new information on women’s mid-life health..

30/01/2025

I can across this article today, and I couldn’t agree more
Your wellbeing Matters
With Love Monica x

31/12/2024

Happy new year everyone, as we say goodbye to 2024, remember to take a moment to stop, inhale, think of some moments that you are grateful for this year, and as you exhale breath out every thing you want to leave behind. Now
Set your intentions for 2025!
May your year be blessed with health, happiness, abundance in everyway, and most of all be kind to yourself
Your wellbeing matters
With love Monica 💕

26/12/2024

Love this

28/10/2024

Good morning
My favorite breakfast,
Ps the veggies will be a juice, with some added fibre - PHGG for my healthy gut bugs 😊
Add some protein, with an egg or into juice,
What a great start to the day
Your wellbeing Matters
With love Monica x

25/10/2024

Day 2 😅
Good thing my brain thinks that I’m still on Melbourne time, when I woke at 5:00am with the sun ! So I pretended it was 6:00am at home 😂found the botanical gardens for a brisk walk before I sit in my butt for the rest of the day.
What a line up they have, for us, covering topics including, kidney disease with pathology markers, women’s health markers diabetes pathology, cancer pathology
Excited to learn some more
Your wellbeing Matters
With love Monica