Food Sensitivity: The Problem With “Foods to Avoid” and “Safe Food” Lists
March 20, 2025
If you have food sensitivities, food lists can be helpful. But you have to treat them as a guideline, not a bible.
Tyramine
Herbs and Supplements That Inhibit Monoamine Oxidase (MAO) Activity
March 12, 2025
Lots of herbs and supplements function as natural monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, providing a variety of health benefits. But for some, these natural MAOIs can cause problems.
Tyramine Intolerance and The Gut
January 9, 2025
More and more evidence points to the gut playing a role in food sensitivity, including tyramine and histamine intolerance. Learn more in this article series…
What Makes Certain Foods High in Tyramine?
November 8, 2024
Other than a few exceptions, most high-tyramine foods, when still in their natural form, don’t contain much tyramine. Instead, they develop high levels of tyramine due to three different processes. The Rogue Scientist explains.
Curing My Tyramine Intolerance: The First 31 Days
March 5, 2023
Can you cure tyramine intolerance by slowly reintroducing it to your gut? The Rogue Scientist decided to find out… by experimenting on herself.
Dr. Will Bulsiewicz on the Microbiome, Part II: How to Cure Food Sensitivities
September 16, 2022
Dr. Will Bulsiewicz knows his way around the gut microbiome. Here’s what he has to say about food sensitivities, including histamine intolerance.
Tyramine Intolerance and The Gut III: Neurotransmitters
July 11, 2022
When trying to understand food sensitivities, particularly tyramine and histamine sensitivity, it’s important to understand neurotransmitters. Why? Because they cause your symptoms, and it turns our gut microbiota produce them.
Tyramine Intolerance and The Gut, Part II: Probiotics
June 8, 2022
When you have gut issues, including food sensitivities, the first thing people tell you is “take probiotics.” But what are probiotics? And do they actually help?
Tyramine Intolerance and The Gut, Part I: The Microbiome
May 22, 2022
Tyramine intolerance, like most food sensitivities, probably involves something going wrong in the gut (microbiome). But what is the microbiome, and what goes wrong that causes this? The Rogue Scientist explores in this multi-part series.
Genes and Tyramine Intolerance Part 2: Monoamine Oxidase B
April 10, 2022
We know monoamine oxidase A plays a strong role in tyramine intolerance. But what about MAO-B?