Histamine Intolerance?

Quercetin and vitamin c help with the histamine. But again, you might not need the help if you ingest less histamine to start with.

I'd get an allergy test to rule any environmental causes, such as dust mites, mold, or pollen.

Histamines are produced when you have an allergic reaction to something. See an allergy Dr. and please get tested.. hives can be dangerous if your mouth/airway are involved.

Good luck and I pray you get relief soon!

For those who follow a low-histamine diet, what foods do you regularly enjoy eating? I have a mild case of dermatitis and am just learning that I need to battle it from the inside... starting with a good diet. So, I'd love to hear any input from experts!

I have been battling this consistently since Christmas Whole wheals covering my whole body for four months consistently without relief even with very high doses of prescription anti-histamines. I also during this time had to have an epi pen as my face lips and eyes were swelling too. (angiodema) I was miserable.

My dermatologist didn't help much and the allergist couldn't food test me because my whole body was covered in hives. I finally found relief with a naturopath. Here is what I did on her recommendation.

I cut out all wheat/gluten

cut out all processed foods. The only processed foods I eat are salad dressing and they have to be dairy, gluten, egg and soy free. Renee's honey mustard is good. Sometimes I eat french fries but not often. I bake them when I do.

Cut out all dairy. I mourned the loss of my cheese and yogurt.

No soy either. I just made a delicious stir fry with soy sauce and broke out again in hives everywhere.

If I eat anything processed, it has to have less than 5 ingredients in it. or none of the above foods. There are many different names for the above foods so learn to read labels carefully.

Cut out citrus fruits and no melons. No eggs either.

Chocolate in very minimal amounts.

I make my homemade sauces and things like hummus now and use all organic produce and veggies as often as possible.

So what do I eat? Chicken, salads, hummus, veggies like carrots, brocolli, asparagus cauliflower, red meat no more than twice a week. Steamed or baked fish.

Breakfast was most difficult since i can't have eggs or my fav strawberry smoothies. So I have mixed berry or blueberry or raspberries alone mixed with almond or hemp milk. Add in flaxseed and chia seeds. Raspberries are on some lists to avoid with hives but have the chemical querican?? sp

http://www.healwithfood.org/hives/foods.php here is some info on good foods.

Common hypoallergenic foods
Below you find a list of foods that are generally considered hypoallergenic / have a low allergenity rating. The foods are listed by food type.
Vegetables:
Asparagus
Beets
Broccoli Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Cucumber
Fennel
Green beans
Kale
Lettuce
Parsnips
Potatoes
Pumpkin
Rhubarb
Squash
Swedes
Sweet potatoes
Turnips
Zucchini
Legumes:
Lentils
Black beans
Kidney beans
Garbanzo beans
Navy beans
Lima beans
Pinto beans
Green peas

Fruits and berries:
Apples
Apricots
Bananas (that are not treated with ripening chemicals)
Blackcurrants
Blueberries
Figs (cooked)
Melon
Peaches (cooked/canned)
Pears
Plums
Prunes
Redcurrants
Grains and cereal:
Amaranth
Buckwheat
Quinoa
Millet
Rice
Tapioca flour
Teff

Meat:
Buffalo
Chicken (organic)
Deer
Elk
Frog legs
Lamb
Organic red meat
Rabbit

Sweeteners:
Maple syrup
Brown rice syrup
Carob

these are all from this website http://www.healwithfood.org/

Keep in mind, however, just because these foods are mostly hypoallergenic, you may react to some of them. I keep a food diary and whenever I add another new food I haven't had recently, it is the only new food at the space of once every seven days. Sometimes it takes me a few days to react to a food.

Breakfast is the hardest meal to replace I find. You can try oatmeal but make sure they are pure, uncontaminated oats. And introduce them one at a time to see if you react to them.

I have had to completely overhaul my eating and it is going pretty well but am thinking I may have to be on an elimination diet for the rest of my life. Researching histamine intolerance might help. I don't think this goes away.

On the upside, my digestion is better, less congested and am losing weight. Slowly but surely.

Also I found out that when I had hives, and I took any NSAIDS such as Ibuprofen or even tylenol it increased my allergic reactions. Face swelling, etc. I am now off ALL meds.

Sorry its long. hope this helps.

Very informative! Since I am dealing with the same thing as you are, this helped me a very lot. Thank you for putting your time into this post.

Try eliminating soy and tuna (one at a time) and see how that does. I have food allergies, anything from tomatoes to sharp cheddar, to pork (some amino acid), but I can eat them all unless I consume too much, and push the histamines over the threshold creating a reaction. It doesn't help that I have environmental allergies like hay fever so at some times of the year it can be worse.