Eating To Good Health
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 …
Last winter I was looking for a hearty low histamine lamb recipe, as my local farmer’s market carries loads of fresh-frozen meats. Poking around online, I saw a lot of garlic-based lamb dishes, so I combined a few different ones, …
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 …
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 …
This Pure Wine Wand review is part of a five-part series I’m working on, all about low histamine wines. So I finally got the infamous wine wands. I actually got these a couple months ago, but I hadn’t worked up …
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 …
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 …