Histamine in food
The histamine table is a tool developed by nutritionists to reduce the daily histamine intake through food in case of histamine intolerance. The histamine table covers the common foods consumed during the day and provides them with signs that inform the user whether the product contains histamine and whether it is safe to consume. The table also distinguishes between maternity and long-term consumption.
Some products should not be eaten regularly due to increased histamine levels, while others can be consumed without hesitation after a subsequent break. The histamine table is constantly being expanded. It can be called up online on the Internet or obtained from nutritionists, sometimes even from pharmacies.
Histamine diet for histamine intolerance
Since foods have different histamine concentrations, the individual diet plays a decisive role in the amount of histamine that is absorbed by the body through food. Normally one does not have to worry about how much histamine is absorbed through food. The body can absorb it with the help of various enzymes and break it down into other substances.
Concerns that the individual diet provides too little histamine are also unfounded. The amounts of histamine the body needs are very small. The body is also able to produce the required histamine from other substances, so a low intake of the messenger substance through food is not important.
The situation is different for people who suffer from a so-called histamine intolerance. Due to an enzyme defect, affected persons can only degrade the absorbed histamine with difficulty. The resulting larger amount of histamine can lead to complaints.
A special diet in which a selection of certain foods is chosen to ensure that as little or no histamine as possible is taken in with food can help in these cases to achieve freedom from symptoms. For example, if you have a histamine intolerance, you should avoid smoked fish and meat as well as certain vegetables, fruits and alcohol. Also the consumption of other foods that have a low direct histamine concentration but additionally inhibit the disturbed enzyme (caffeine) should be avoided in a low histamine diet.
