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How To Decrease Histamine In The Body Naturally Part II (Beyond Diet)

Low Histamine Diet Plan I — Specific Foods That Promote Excess Histamine In The Body- read this article 

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Low Histamine Diet  Plan II- General Rules For A Healthy Diet (And Lower Histamine)

What I consider more important than histamine content of the foods

Key points for a healthy diet (more details below)

Fresh fruits and veggies as much as possible. If you have issues with raw foods, try to either combine them with spices or cook them -again, with spices. Include different colors.  Not everyone will be sensitive to the same foods. Keep a food diary and see which ones work best for you. Consider the following :

A few more things to consider

Histamine release is a sensitive indicator of stress (both emotional and metabolic stress such as shock, hypoglycemia or dehydration) [1]; you can’t avoid shock, but you can hypoglycemia and dehydration.  

Some explanations why I make the recommendations above:

II.How To Reduce Histamine In The Body With Vitamins, Minerals, Omega 3 And More

Vitamin C is the well-known vitamin with strong antihistamine and mast cell stabilizer qualities [3], [4] .Technical: vitamin C Increases degradation of histamine; decreases of histamine formation by inhibition of histidine decarboxylase [5].

However, there are other essential nutrients that can decrease excess histamine and inflammation as well: vitamin E [6], vitamin D [7], vitamin A retinol [8], B vitamins [9],[10],[11], magnesium [12], zinc [13], selenium [14]. Chromium is important in sugar metabolism, which is important to keep it healthy. Hypoglycemia, for example promotes histamine release [1].

Omega 3 essential fatty acids are potent anti inflammatory and mast cell stabilizers, being successfully used to treat allergies [15],[16].

Other helpful nutrients : NAC and lipoic acid.

Where do you get these essential vitamins and minerals from ? I recommend less and less synthetic vitamins (I make a few exceptions ie B vitamins, magnesium).

You can get these vitamins and minerals from high quality foods, and whole food supplements. For example, vitamin C is better absorbed and used by the body when combined with plant phenols. The best source of vitamin C is not the common (synthetic) vitamin C, but from foods, spices and Amla powder (amla is available alone, or in the combination called Triphala, in powder form or capsules).

For B vitamins, a high quality supplement with highly bio available forms (ie B2 as a riboflavin 5′-phosphate, B1 as benfothiamine, B6 as a pyridoxal 5′ phosphate, folate as L-5-methyltetrahydrofolate), may be beneficial in some cases. 

A high quality cod liver oil (ie Carlson Labs) is a good source of vitamin A, omega 3 fatty acids and has some vitamin D, and small amounts of vitamin E. If you are concerned about vitamin A toxicity, Carlson Labs has a low vitamin A cod liver oil formula. I would alternate cod liver oil with regular fish oil.

Good sources of minerals (including trace minerals) are foods, ocean derived minerals, green supplements (spirulina, chlorella) and tissue salts. You may need extra magnesium (ionic, glycinate).

How To Decrease Histamine In The Body With Herbs

Naturally Occurring Herbal Mast Cell Stabilizers

You have many options, as you will see below. Herbs have potent anti histamine and mast cell stabilizer qualities. Remember, herbs are more powerful than spices and foods.

A broad classification would be based on natural compounds of the plants that have the ability to stabilize mast cells

Herbal supplements I usually recommend: Triphala, Neem, Pomegranate powder, Magnolia Bark, Brahmi-Bacopa and quercetin plus luteolin combo, in addition to flavonoid/phenol/coumarins/terpenoids rich foods : onion, various fruits and veggies.

Let’s get into details now.

If you are interested to learn more about herbs, their ingredients, how they work as anti histamine/mast cell stabilizers check out these two scientific studies: this one and this one.

IV.Other Ways To Decrease Histamine In The Body – With Better Sleep, Stress Management, And By Avoiding Toxic Chemicals .

 

 

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