It’s the amber nectar, the answer to the question you can’t remember, and, to quote Homer Simpson, “the cause of and solution to all of life’s problems”. Beer is a beverage enjoyed by millions, but delicious though it may be to many, it can wreak bodily havoc in people with histamine intolerance. Indeed, those who suffer often have very poor tolerance to beer, yet some consume it nonetheless. Here we take a closer look at what beer-drinkers with histamine intolerance need to consider.

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Tags:Biogenic amines

The question of whether probiotics can help with histamine intolerance is a topic of interest for many of our users. There are supplements to be found on the market that are marketed as very effective for histamine intolerance, while others are supposedly less suitable since they contain lactic acid bacteria with the genetic ability to produce histamine. Here we take a closer look at what we know about the relationship between histamine and our intestine and consider what is still to be learned.


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If you run a quick Google search for “histamine intolerance,” you will find list after list containing foods that may be eaten and those that may not. On the unsuitable foods list is egg white, which is classified as a histamine liberator. Egg yolk, on the other hand, is on the permitted list as it is considered to be tolerable. But take a closer look and you will notice that there is never an indication of the origin of this information. So where does the statement come from that says histamine intolerance sufferers should avoid eggs?


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Tags:Biogenic amines Histamine

Fresh foods usually don't contain histamine and other biogenic amines, those are primarily formed during the microbial decomposition of certain amino acids in the food. The degree to which a meal is contaminated with histamine mainly depends on several factors.


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