Yay! I had to also get over the fear of trying things. I NEVER want to be where I was a year ago again. Like you said, I usually pay for whatever I try with a day of D.... and maybe only one extra trip to the bathroom. No too bad. Today was one of those days. I think I made TOO BIG a salad for myself :)
Leah
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Gloria,
Remember that dried fruits are especially high in histamine, whereas fresh fruits may have a much lower histamine level (though I notice that unfortunately, apricots are on the International Chronic Urticaria Society's restricted list.
http://www.urticaria.thunderworksinc.co ... tamine.htm
Tex
Remember that dried fruits are especially high in histamine, whereas fresh fruits may have a much lower histamine level (though I notice that unfortunately, apricots are on the International Chronic Urticaria Society's restricted list.
http://www.urticaria.thunderworksinc.co ... tamine.htm
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Tex,
Yes, I know dried apricots are high in histamines. I'm considering the canned ones, but not just yet. There are conflicting lists about high-histamine foods. I think I've collected all of them. Someone even compiled a list with the conflicts!
I'm getting desperate for a suitable fruit to eat in any form. I'm questioning mango and have tried every other fruit, though I haven't tried apricots for a long time. My diet is extremely lacking in vitamin A and I'm always worried about my borderline-low potassium. I'm beginning to think that the histamine problem doesn't require total abstinence from histamine, but rather, keeping it at a manageable level. Taking antihistamines seem to help. Winter and no sun also help. I fully expect to get the head sores/itching back next summer when I'm out in the sun, as has happened the past three years.
Gloria
Yes, I know dried apricots are high in histamines. I'm considering the canned ones, but not just yet. There are conflicting lists about high-histamine foods. I think I've collected all of them. Someone even compiled a list with the conflicts!
I'm getting desperate for a suitable fruit to eat in any form. I'm questioning mango and have tried every other fruit, though I haven't tried apricots for a long time. My diet is extremely lacking in vitamin A and I'm always worried about my borderline-low potassium. I'm beginning to think that the histamine problem doesn't require total abstinence from histamine, but rather, keeping it at a manageable level. Taking antihistamines seem to help. Winter and no sun also help. I fully expect to get the head sores/itching back next summer when I'm out in the sun, as has happened the past three years.
Gloria
You never know what you can do until you have to do it.
Agreed. There is no way to totally avoid histamines, and besides, our body uses histamines to regulate certain digestive processes (and probably other processes), so we can't totally eliminate them from our body. The trick is to regulate them.Gloria wrote:I'm beginning to think that the histamine problem doesn't require total abstinence from histamine, but rather, keeping it at a manageable level.
I was only trying to point out that just because dried apricots worked as a laxative for someone else, doesn't mean that you might not be able to tolerate a non-dried form of them.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
Hmmmm...something more to be thinking about. Sometimes it feels like there are just too many ways to make a misstep. I know for sure that grapes go right thru me. I've avoided the dried fruit because of the sulfites and sugar in them, but I bought these apricots at the health food store and neither sulfites nor sugar were added to them. I did not know about the histamine list. I will certainly start consulting it before I try anything else.
Jane
Diagnosed with Lymphocytic Colitis 12/19/12
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Diagnosed with Lymphocytic Colitis 12/19/12
"When it gets dark enough,you can see the stars."
Charles A. Beard
Ditto for me. If I should ever need a laxative, they would be hard to beat.Jane wrote:I know for sure that grapes go right thru me.
Grapes are a natural source of sulfites — it's associated with the yeast that naturally grows on them.
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
It's starting to look like I tolerate a dried mango slice (washed), but not cooked frozen mango chunks. I've tried eating just 3 or so chunks, sprinkled with glucose to balance the fructose, but I get a taste in my mouth the rest of the evening that I've had fruit. I don't get that lingering taste with the dried mango. The next day, my BMs are deteriorated after the frozen, cooked mango, but not after the dried mango. I'm thinking that the dried mango has fewer enzymes, and maybe the enzymes bother me.
Apricots are lower in fructose than most other fruit, which is one of the reasons I'm considering them. Applesauce is the highest in fructose.
Gloria
Apricots are lower in fructose than most other fruit, which is one of the reasons I'm considering them. Applesauce is the highest in fructose.
Gloria
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Gloria
that is really interesting how one form of the mango is ok - and a slightly different form causes issues
just ?proves ?re-iterates what a delicate chemisty our digestion system is in the world of MC.
I have been tolerating peeled apples ok, my first type of fruit in 3 years...
that is really interesting how one form of the mango is ok - and a slightly different form causes issues
just ?proves ?re-iterates what a delicate chemisty our digestion system is in the world of MC.
I have been tolerating peeled apples ok, my first type of fruit in 3 years...
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama