999 - Histamine Intolerance? AVOID These Foods (EAT THESE Instead)

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Dr. Michael Ruscio, DC

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🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Struggling with histamine intolerance? In this episode, we explore the connection between histamine and the immune type gut, plus share scientific evidence proving how a low-histamine diet can transform your health. You'll discover which common foods to avoid and which ones are safe to eat, along with powerful natural antihistamine supplements. We'll also cover the essential vitamins that support your body's natural ability to break down histamine and help you reclaim your health.

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📌Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:22 Histamine & the immune type gut

03:03 Proof that a histamine diet works

05:55 Foods to avoid & safe to eat

10:22 Natural antihistamine supplements

13:07 Beneficial vitamins

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0:00.0	Any diet that's helpful tends to be reparative.
0:02.6	That's also been shown, at least in two clinical trials, using a low histamine diet.
0:09.4	They've even shown in one of these trials that when undergoing a low histamine diet, you actually produce more of the enzyme that digests histamine.
0:20.5	Music of the enzyme that digests histamine.
0:35.4	Welcome to Dr. Rousho Radio, providing practical and science-based solutions to feeling your best.
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0:47.1	So let me come to the immune type. Think bacteria and fungus on one layer. And underneath that,
0:52.5	for some people, can be another layer of the immune system.
0:55.7	These individuals can have symptoms as follows. They're a little bit more allergy prone,
1:02.2	whether it's seasonal allergies, allergies to cats, dogs. They may notice a degree of supplement
1:09.8	reactivity, other environmental reactivity like mold,
1:14.2	some other symptoms, maybe a running nose, flushing, lightheadedness, depression, insomnia,
1:21.9	palpitations, skin reactions, especially hives, looser bowels. These all, to some extent, indicate high levels of
1:31.8	histamine. Now, you've probably heard of histamine. If you have allergies, you can take an antihistamine,
1:36.6	Claritin, Benadryl, Phamadetan, Laeratidine, or natural agents like quercetin, resveratrol,
1:42.1	and vitamin C. And what's happening here is when the body is reacting to something with the immune system,
1:49.8	an immune reaction, histamine is a mediator of this.
1:52.9	This is why antihistamines work to reduce symptoms.
1:55.8	However, you can also overeat dietary histamine because there's a variability in histamine content of different foods.
2:05.8	Some foods are very rich and high in histamine, and that will flare an immune type gut, whereas other foods are lower in histamine.
2:14.8	Have you noticed you don't do well with fermented foods? Or have you also
2:20.3	noticed that things like spinach, avocado, canned meats, jerky, or food that's been left in the
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