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Rep. Tim Burchett and Rogan discuss the alarming rise in tick bites and Alpha-Gal Syndrome (the red meat allergy that makes people unable to eat beef, pork, or lamb).

Rogan shares how a good friend of his was bitten and can now only eat eggs and vegetables. Burchett immediately responds: “The tick thing is nuts… It’s Bill Gates.”

I have a slow ALDH2 gene, which fails to efficiently break down toxic acetaldehyde, a byproduct of alcohol metabolism. I think this gene could be causing some of my food sensitivities. At first I thought I just had histamine problems caused by DAO or HMNT, but my srategene report showed all of my histamine genes were good except for ALDH2. For those with a slow ALDH2, what do you take that helps?

So far I have found that thiamine and niacin help, but not completely. Also liposomal glutathione and NAC do not help me at all at clearing acetaldehydes. I plan to try sulforophane in the future since I’ve heard that helps.

Seems to be a new symptom. Is this normal with mcas?