me
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My LLMD recommended a low histamine diet. I know I should do a candida free diet due to candida overgrowth. I'm already gluten and casein free.
I typed a list of the food I can eat after I cross-referenced the low histamine and candida free diets. The list is minuscule at best.
Also, from what I've read, you aren't supposed to eat leftovers and are supposed to cook fresh food daily on the low histamine diet. I don't know how I would do this while still working--even if I wasn't working it would be tough. It is also expensive.
I have a very, very hard time with food, to put it lightly. I'm concerned that the restrictive nature of this food plan will ignite old eating concerns faced in the past. I'm concerned about trying this and it backfiring and me gaining a lot more weight due to the restrictive nature of this food plan, diet, whatever. It seems impossible.
Suggestions?
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poppy
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What is a low histamine diet?
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The following is only from my understanding thus far:
Foods contain certain levels of histamines. Histamines cause inflammation. Therefore, in order to decrease inflammation, the premise is that a low histamine diet, meaning eating foods that contain low histamine levels, reduce inflammation.
Again, this is from my understanding.
I'm still pretty new to this Lyme, Babesia, MSIDS mess and am trying to educate myself about as much as possible while maintaining as much of a balance as I can.
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It is supposed to help with mast cell activation, which I have also been diagnosed with.
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