AW: Re: Foods containing Histamines

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Hello , Jack,very interesting. I know everybody is different with Samters but I also had the impression that foods high in histamines have some impact on my symptoms (and I don't have food allergies). By reducing this foods and adding a high concentrate liquid fish oil with 1800 EPA a day and Vit D3 (4-6.000 IU) to my diet things improved a bit (after ca. 2 months). I thought that the rest of my symptoms were just 'normal' allergy related items (grasses & dust mites) - so I went to the GP and got allergy shots to improve my condition further and discontinued the fish oil/ D3. This unfortunately resulted in the opposite and my symptoms got again worse and worse until I stopped the shots after 6 months.Weeks after stopping the allergy shots the symptoms were still much worse

than before and my polyps started to explode again. The next thing I tried was a extreme herbal detox diet for 3 weeks which did not help a lot as well.Now I'm taking since ca. 6 weeks again 1800 EPA fishoil, 4.000 IU D3, 570mg Goldenseal, 1200mg Lecithin, an Acidophilus and a Ginkgo supplement and since the last 2 weeks my polyps reduced a lot in size, the overall sinus problems improved, my skin is overall 'fresher' and my eyes are not that 'puffy' anymore - things are not gone but much better. I think that the high long term concentration of supplements like this may also have some health risks. No idea, if this will last or further improve or if it is just a temporary individual reduction of symptoms but I thought I share this in case anybody has a similar experience. Personally I just want to find my own way to live with Samters without aspirin desens, prednison, antibiotics, extreme diets or sinus ops... and in the worst case I will

just keep on testing further items until I hopefully get there.ThanksNilsVon: rtdinc2003 <rtdinc@...>An: samters Gesendet: Sonntag, den 31. Juli 2011, 16:59:02 UhrBetreff: Re: Foods containing Histamines

Hello Jack.

I found the contradictory lists as well. With more googling, I found some better sources. They say vitamin C and B6 can help. Also, folks are doing DAO (diamine oxidase, a digestive enzyme that may be deficient in allergy sufferers) supplementation.

http://www.ajcn.org/content/85/5/1185.full.pdf+html

http://www.allergynutrition.com/resources/FAQ/4/Histamine%20intolerance.pdf

Also... all sugar is "bad", including fruit juice and cane sugar, not just corn syrup, because they all contain fructose.

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> Someone recently posted about foods that contain histamines, many of which are also high in salicylates.

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> Over the past several months, my doctor and I have determined that most of my asthma reactions come from allergic reactions, as when I start wheezing, my rescue inhalers don't help, albuterol treatments don't help, and Advair doesn't help. The only thing that helps is taking liquid Benadryl. Claritin and Allegra don't work, but Zyrtec does. I found out that by taking a Zyrtec in the morning and one in the evening, my asthma symptoms are greatly reduced, and I've been able to stop taking Advair for the past 3 weeks, which is a great improvement for me.

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> However, my polyps are still there, and I seem to constantly fight congestion, which gets worse after I eat something, which leads me to believe that it may be histamine related, since antihistamines help counter the reaction.

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> I searched the internet and found multiple lists of foods that contain histamines. However, no 2 lists are the same, and most of the lists contradict each other. as one list will show a food that is safe, and the other will show the same food as high in histamines.

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> I do know that tomatoes and ketchup affect me. However, most reactions I have are many hours after eating, and sometimes hit me after midnight.

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> Does anyone have or know where I can get an accurate list of foods that contain histamines? Particularly one that shows the actual levels, so you can gauge your intake.

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> Thanks!

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> Jack

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