Eating To Good Health
Chocolate is by far my favorite food (sorry, panang curry). It’s stayed that way, even after turning on me in the form of a chocolate sensitivity, developed due to my histamine intolerance. Most days, if I eat more than a …
It’s been suggested for my entire life that I might be the cookie monster in disguise. Totally quitting sugar for the first few weeks of my low histamine diet was by far the most difficult part of it all, because …
Following a low histamine diet has forced me to confront how few ingredients most people rely on for their desserts. Most sweets are either fruity or chocolaty, with some people looking towards vanilla as a foil. But in sorting out …
Most people don’t experience pain directly related to their food. Yet when I was at my worst, every meal I ate caused me some level of pain either immediately or within an hour or two of finishing. In kind, I …
When you’re on a low histamine diet, sugar can become a huge headache (literally), as it can exacerbate your body’s reactions to high histamine levels. Fluctuations in blood sugar are bad for your system in general, but high blood sugar …
I am absolutely on a low histamine dessert kick right now. I don’t know if it’s the upcoming holidays or just the turning of the weather, but I’ve been scarfing down on-diet sweets like nobody’s business, including a low histamine …
Until last month, it had been several years since I’d made squash & apples. It was a staple in my house growing up. Every fall, once the apples began dropping in price, my mom picked up a few pounds and …
For me, one of the toughest things about a low histamine diet is the loss of sweets. Or at least, it feels like a loss of sweets, since you’re not supposed to have sugar outside of a short list of …
There are no miracle cures for histamine intolerance; let me say that up front. You should always ask your physician, functional medicine practitioner, naturopath, etc. before you start on a new supplement or medication. That said, I think that being …