Oxalate and Histamine Toxicity and your Health

 As you might know, I am on an elimination diet to discover why I was still feeling bad on a Keto diet. I was not doing Intermittent Fasting at the time and then decided to try that. Still, on a Keto diet, I was not feeling any better. Weight loss was alright but stalled after a year.

There are two things that I found that were not good for my body and health. Oxalates and Histamine.

Foods With Histamine

It’s difficult to quantify the level of histamine in foods, as it can vary greatly even in the same types of food. However, a good rule of thumb is that foods that are fermented, aged, or overly processed likely contain more histamine than fresh foods.

Histamine tolerance can vary greatly from person to person. If your doctor thinks that certain foods may be causing allergy symptoms, an elimination diet may be recommended. Eliminating high-histamine foods from your diet and then adding them back one at a time will give you an idea of what foods your body can tolerate and which foods result in symptoms.

Could Oxalate Toxicity Be the Cause of Your Health Issues?

Oxalic acid toxicity was uncovered in England in 1840 after doctors began to notice that in the spring when wealthy people ate a lot of rhubarb tarts (which are very high in oxalate), odd symptoms began to occur such as digestive and neurological problems. Adding this mega source of oxalate on top of a daily diet consisting of black tea and white potatoes (both high in oxalate) was the beginning of understanding how this plant compound impacts human physiology.