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 …
Almonds have earned a fond place in my heart and on my dining room table. They were a staple food for me before I developed histamine issues, but once I started exploring the low histamine diet, I started worrying that …
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 …
As the cold weather ends and spring fulling springs, for some reason brussels sprouts are one of the few organic low histamine vegetables I can find pretty consistently. They also stay good in the fridge for at least a week, …
While I don’t identify exclusively as a “snacker,” I certainly like to graze often during the day, and would prefer potato chips to meat loaf. So when I started the low histamine diet and cut out snack foods, well, it …
This time of year, cauliflower and brussels sprouts are basically the only low histamine vegetables I can find in the organic section of my local supermarket. Cauliflower and histamine intolerance actually go very well together (unless you have a sulfite …
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 …
Pizza has got to be one of the most-craved foods for those on a low histamine diet. In fact, I’m craving pizza right. now. But finding a low histamine pizza dough recipe was almost as tough as finding a decent …
It took me months to even attempt a low histamine pizza sauce, because I was so sure I’d only disappoint myself. Yet after a few experiments, I finally sorted out what makes a good pizza sauce without tomatoes and with …