Chicken is low histamine only if it is fresh or frozen. Like all meat and poultry products, chicken is highly perishable and will form histamine rapidly. Avoid ground, marinated, smoked, aged and/or canned chicken.
Beef is low in histamine when it is cooked from fresh or, frozen from fresh and left to thaw in the refrigerator. That makes beef a low histamine, high protein ingredient that's very versatile and can be used in many different dishes.
PRESSURE COOKING is a great way to prepare harder pieces of meat that otherwise would need a slow and long cooking method. A pressure cooker will be your best friend for low histamine cooking. An Instant Pot is great, but even a manual pressure cooker works. I even cook meat and chicken straight from the freezer.
Almost all beef is aged.
That makes it very high histamine. It is usually best to avoid beef unless you can get it unaged and frozen immediately after slaughter.
There are four types of protein powders that are safe for histamine intolerance: rice powder protein, hemp seed protein, pumpkin seed protein, and sunflower seed protein powders.
You'll just have to cut out the bacon. Eggs are a great low-histamine food, so if you're transitioning from a high-histamine to a low-histamine diet, you'll be set for any of your favorite omelets or other egg-based dishes. While you need to watch what you put in your omelets – avoid the diced ham, bacon, etc.
Carrot is likely suitable for a low histamine diet. Carrot is likely low in histamine and other amines and does not trigger release of the body's natural histamine.
Just a little crumble of bacon on a dish can transform it. But bacon is usually smoked and cured, which makes it high histamine. Even uncured bacon has higher histamine seasonings.
Lamb and chicken, however, are generally low in histamine.
White Bread is likely suitable for a low histamine diet. White Bread is likely low in histamine and other amines and does not trigger release of the body's natural histamine. Every person has unique dietary triggers.
Potatoes do not have a high histamine content and do not increase the body's histamine burden. Therefore, most people with histamine intolerance can eat them safely. You can also eat potatoes with additional food sensitivities, such as gluten sensitivity.
Boiled, fried, or poached eggs aren't affected by cooking methods when it comes to histamine content. Eggs are low in histamines, this makes them ideal for the low-histamine diet. Chickpeas, peanuts, and lentils have been found to have low concentrations of histamines and may be safely consumed in a low-histamine diet.
Aged cheeses such as Parmesan, Gouda, Swiss and cheddar are generally considered to be higher in histamine, while mozzarella, ricotta, cottage cheese and cream cheese have lower amounts of histamine.
Avocados are naturally very high in histamine and such high levels can be problematic for people with histamine intolerance. If you suspect that you may have histamine intolerance, it is best to avoid foods high in histamine, such as avocados.
There is also interest around vitamin co-factors which aid the DAO enzyme in degrading histamine, such as the B complex vitamins. Vitamin B6 and Vitamin C, in particular, have been shown to reduce symptoms of seasickness and histamine intolerance.
Fruits and vegetables are very important in a histamine-reducing diet, but some contain more histamine than others. Fruits such as apples, bananas, melons, figs, grapefruit, grapes, kiwi, mango and pears contain low levels of histamine and will not contribute to symptoms.
Butter is low histamine. Every person has unique dietary triggers. Your reaction to butter may be different than someone else's. Test your individual tolerance to ingredients carefully and then keep track of them with the Fig app.
Rice is a low-histamine food, which makes it an excellent choice for snacking. Rice cakes are also available in whole-grain versions, which are lower in calories and contain more brown rice.
Meat – smoked, cured and aged meats including bacon, sausage and salami as well as pre-packed minced meat. Game and wild meats are likely to have higher levels of histamine than farmed meat, eaten fresh.
All meat develops histamine, it is a natural process, so it is impossible to produce histamine free meat. Some people with histamine intolerance can eat some meat, other people with a very high level of histamine intolerance cannot tolerate any meat.
Avocados are naturally high in histamine and also act as histamine liberators. In other words, they trigger the release of the body's existing histamine. Every person has unique dietary triggers.