| It is notable that most allergic symptoms worsen after | | | | pepperoni, smoked ham, bacon. In some of these |
| the consumption of foods as eggs, shellfish, fish, | | | | foods chemicals are used to cure them as in ham and |
| strawberries, pineapple, tomatoes, chocolate or drinking | | | | meats giving a distinct pink color. |
| alcohol (especially wine and beer) or smoking. During | | | | Leftovers are easily acted upon by bacteria hence |
| the allergies, the body reacts to them by producing | | | | histamine is produced especially in protein based |
| extra histamine, hence anti-histamines drugs are | | | | leftover kept at room or refrigerator temperatures. To |
| recommended. Other foods that contain great | | | | avoid this freeze all the leftovers to stop histamine |
| amounts of histamine, or release histamine do cause | | | | production.ii) Milk Products to avoid: Avoid all fermented |
| severe allergic symptoms-alcohol as red wine form | | | | milk products h as cheeses, yogurt, buttermilk, and kefir, |
| one of the major triggers. It must be noted that each | | | | sour cream. When we say cheeses we include |
| individual has different tolerance level for histamine thus | | | | processed cheese, cheese slices and spreads for are |
| different people will react differently on different | | | | fermented and at the same time processed; these |
| histamine levels. If your histamine tolerance level is | | | | include cheddar, coldby, blue cheese, brie, camembert, |
| reached; it overflows causing allergic symptoms | | | | feta, romano, cottage cheese and ricotta cheeses.iii) |
| happen. | | | | Fruits to avoid: In the list are oranges, grapefruit, lemon, |
| The fermenting of foods lead to histamine is | | | | lime, cherries, grapes, apricots, avocados, raspberries, |
| production as in cheese, grits, vinegar and alcoholic | | | | cranberries, prunes, loganberries, dates, raisins, |
| drinks. Unfortunately some foods have natural extra | | | | currants-fresh or dried. In addition bananas, papayas, |
| amounts of histamine as tomato, eggplant and spinach. | | | | pineapple, strawberries and tomatoes for also release |
| Food additives including azo dyes, tartrazine and | | | | histamine.iv) Vegetables to avoid: Tomatoes and their |
| preservatives trigger the histamine releasing. | | | | products like tomato sauces, catsup and others, soy |
| Benzoates which occur natural in some foods also | | | | products, spinach, red beans, eggplant, pumpkin. |
| cause histamine to be released hence making them to | | | | All vegetables packed in vinegar or salt as olives, |
| be listed as those that need to be avoided so as to | | | | pickles, relish and other fermented vegetables as |
| reduce the allergic symptoms. | | | | sauerkraut must be avoided.v) Alcoholic beverages to |
| Others food that must be avoidedi) Meat, poultry fish | | | | avoid: All types of alcohol must be avoided; including |
| and eggs to avoid: most of these products will | | | | beer and wine for they histamine. |
| produce high levels of histamine that cause a histamine | | | | Other foods to be avoided in controlling and treating |
| food poisoning known as scombriod especially fish, | | | | hives are some; food addictives and food colors, |
| shellfish, anchovies and sardines if they start going bad. | | | | seasons as cinnamon, cloves, vinegar, chilli, anise, |
| Eggs product except in its other products as | | | | nutmeg, soy sauce and curry powder, beverages as |
| pancakes, bread, cake and others must also be | | | | tea, coffee, chocolate, cocoa, cola, alcohol and any |
| avoided. | | | | others that will cause allergy in you. Taking of lemon |
| Avoid all processed, smoked or fermented meats as | | | | water at least 8 times a day is recommended. |
| sandwich meat, sausage, weiner, bologna, salami, | | | | |