In short: MyHistamate didn't start as a business idea — it started because, after my diagnosis, all I could find were contradictory lists and very little that helped in real life, and I was tired of feeling alone and not being believed. So I started writing down everything that helped me, and slowly the chaos made sense. MyHistamate is the place I wish I'd had from the start: practical, human, drawn from experience — not medical advice.
What did I need that didn't exist?
After I found out I had histamine intolerance, I went looking for help. What I found were contradictory food lists, information scattered across dozens of sources, and very little that actually helped me in real life — at a restaurant, on holiday, on the bad days. I had a diagnosis, but no way to actually live with it.
Why was I tired of feeling alone with it?
On top of the symptoms, there was the weight of not being believed. "It's just stress." "It's all in your head." The mental load of doing the math on every meal, of constantly explaining myself, of feeling like the complicated one. I knew I couldn't be the only one.
So what did I start gathering?
Everything I discovered that helped me — a trick at a restaurant, a safe meal, a connection I noticed between sleep, my cycle and my reactions — I wrote it all down. Slowly, the chaos started to make sense. And the things that helped me seemed to help the other people I talked to, too.
What do I want MyHistamate to be?
The place I wish I'd had from the very start: practical, human, written the way one person talks to another. Not medical advice, not endless lists — just what genuinely works, drawn from experience. And, soon, an app that does some of the work for you.
I'm not a doctor, and I don't have all the answers. But I've walked this road, and I'm still walking it — and if I can make yours a little easier, then MyHistamate has done its job.
A practical trick: if you're just starting out and feeling overwhelmed, don't try to understand everything at once. Begin with one single thing — a safe meal, a journal, one article — and build from there. That's exactly how I did it, one step at a time.