MCAS Monday – Issues in Your Tissues: Understanding Fascia, MCAS, & Essential Oils

Hello there! This week's newsletter is focused on what's stored in your tissues, and how to gently start releasing it. We're covering how trauma gets held in the body (and how it ties into MCAS), diving into fascia with our special guest Jodi Cohen of Vibrant Blue Oils on this week's live show, and sharing an easy way to try fascia-supporting essential oils.

And because no newsletter is complete without something delicious, we've also got a creamy, ranch-inspired low histamine salad dressing you can whip up in 10 minutes flat. Let's dive in!

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MCAS Monday — In Brief

✨ Join Us Live – Your issues might really be in your tissues. Join us live this Monday as Jodi Cohen of Vibrant Blue Oils breaks down fascia, MCAS, and how to start supporting it safely.

✨ Low Histamine Ranch Inspired Dressing – Ditch the bottled dressing options. This creamy, ranch-inspired dressing is whipped up in 10 minutes from just 7 simple ingredients your mast cells will love.

✨ Healing From Trauma with MCAS – Trauma can get physically stored in your fascia, and it may be quietly fueling your mast cell flares. Read this post to learn more.

✨ Vibrant Blue Oils – Curious about essential oils for fascia release? Vibrant Blue Oils has several options to choose from! Save 15% with code MASTCELL360

Join our FREE virtual live program with Jodi Cohen of Vibrant Blue Oils to explore what fascia is, why it matters for MCAS, and gentle ways to support it. When it’s tight or restricted, it doesn’t just affect mobility. For those with MCAS, it can be tangled up with nervous system dysregulation, chronic inflammation, stalled detox, and continued reactivity. Join us live and bring your questions!

📆 Monday, August 17
🕐 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT

Click the link below to join us on the platform that works best for you:

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Also, our previous live show replays will be moving to our Content Library for our Substack subscribers! Want on-demand access to our full library of all the previous episodes? Visit our Substack page here and become a paid subscriber for access to the top MCAS resources in the world.

Store-bought ranch is loaded with high-histamine culprits like MSG, sodium benzoate, and mystery natural flavors. But this Low Histamine Ranch Inspired Salad Dressing is a homemade, coconut cream-based version that gives you all the creamy, herby flavor without the mast cell triggers. It comes together in just 10 minutes with fresh herbs, shallots, and a splash of lemon.This recipe is:

• Low histamine

• Low oxalate

• Low lectin

• Low FODMAP options

• Dairy free

• Gluten free

• Vegan

This dressing skips every red-flag ingredient found in typical bottled dressings, no preservatives, gums, or additives known to trigger mast cells.

Instead, it leans on herbs like dill, chives, parsley, and shallots, many of which carry histamine-lowering nutrients like vitamin C, along with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that can help calm the inflammation-mast cell cycle so common with MCAS and Histamine Intolerance. The coconut cream base delivers the same rich, creamy texture as ranch without dairy. And because you control every ingredient, you can customize it to your personal tolerance level, leaving out lemon if needed, or adjusting for FODMAPs and oxalates.

Ready to try it?

CLICK HERE FOR THE LOW HISTAMINE RANCH INSPIRED DRESSING RECIPE

If you’ve done all the “right” things like cut histamine triggers, addressed mold, rewired your nervous system, but still feel stuck, unresolved trauma may be stored in your system still triggering mast cell flares behind the scenes. Trauma isn’t only psychological. It’s physiological too, and it can get trapped in your tissues, including fascia.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

• How trauma is defined (it’s broader than a single “big” event)

• Why some people develop a trauma response and others don’t

• The direct link between trauma, the nervous system, and mast cell activation

• Common signs and symptoms of trauma, including ones you might not expect

• The difference between talk therapy and somatic therapy and why order matters

• Practical tools to start rewiring trauma stored in the body

When your nervous system is stuck in fight-flight-freeze, your mast cells read that as a signal that you’re not safe. Then they respond by releasing more inflammatory mediators, feeding a loop that keeps both your nervous system and your mast cells activated.

This is exactly why fascia work matters. Fascia is the connective tissue running throughout your entire body, and emotional or physical trauma can literally get held there, becoming tight and restricted. That’s also what makes this week’s live show so important. We’re diving into fascia and how releasing tension stored in this tissue can be a powerful, gentle entry point into calming a dysregulated nervous system, especially if talk therapy alone has felt overwhelming or hasn’t gotten you all the way there.

Ready to go deeper?

CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL BLOG POST ON HEALING TRAUMA WITH MCAS

If you’ve been curious about essential oils but wary of the fragrances and low-quality blends flooding the market, Vibrant Blue Oils is one of the few brands we trust and regularly recommend to our community. Their oils are crafted using organic, wild-crafted ingredients with no synthetic fillers. Why We Recommend Vibrant Blue Oils:

• Organic, wild-crafted, and lab-tested for purity

• No artificial preservatives or synthetic fragrance

• Single options for our sensitive crowd

• Proprietary blends targeting specific systems for our more robust people (or as gifts!) Fast-acting olfactory healing — scent is one of the quickest routes to calming the nervous system

• Easy topical application for targeted, immediate support

• Gluten-free

Fascia is the connective tissue that wraps around your muscles, organs, and nerves. And it’s meant to be supple and flexible. But physical or emotional stress and trauma can cause it to tighten and harden, restricting movement, trapping tension, and even holding onto stored emotional patterns.

This is especially relevant for those with MCAS, since a nervous system stuck in fight-or-flight can keep both fascia and mast cells locked in a cycle of tension and inflammation. Because essential oils absorb quickly through the skin, they offer a simple, non-invasive way to support the same fascia work we’ve been talking about this week.

For our sensitive community, we recommend starting with single oils such as Frankincense and Lavender for calming and grounding benefits. Save 15% on your order with code MASTCELL360

CLICK HERE TO TRY VIBRANT BLUE OILS

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