The Law of Requisite Variety and Histamine Intolerance

Feeling stuck in a rut? It's time to shake things up with The Law of Requisite Variety.

You've probably heard this famous quote: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result." (Attributed to Albert Einstein)

Well it's true. When you're stuck in a rut, The Law of Requisite Variety says you're suffering from a lack of options. Instead, you need to be as open-minded and flexible as you can be; it's your secret weapon.

Introduce as much variety into your life as possible, particularly in the area where you are stuck.

More variety = more options = more chances to fix your problem.

Here's one way I benefited from this law. After years of relentless stomach issues (and much dietary experimentation), I couldn't find the problem.

But I still kept going, until I found the most niche, weird diet I'd ever heard of.

The Low Histamine Diet.

It sounded complex and depressing; avoiding red wine, chocolate and tomatoes, but embracing apples and celery. But almost instantly, my symptoms improved. I felt better than I had in years.

I still feel better today (and I can eat some chocolate now).

This only happened because I followed The Law of Requisite Variety. Gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free (and sometimes joy-free!) diets didn't work. But low-histamine did. The more variety I introduced, the more I eventually honed in on the problem.

Now to cut seamlessly from me to Leonardo Da Vinci - a true polymath who embraced a huge amount of variety in his life.

He didn't just stick to painting. He ventured into engineering, science, theory, sculpture, and building stuff.

If he'd "stayed in his lane", the world would have been deprived of some of its greatest works of genius in art and science.

So don't stay in your lane... explore every road, every path, and every possibility.

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