Table 3.
Foods excluded in the different low-histamine diets found in the literature [10,87,91,112,113,114,115,116,117,118].
| Foods Excluded by Low-Histamine Diets | ||
|---|---|---|
| <20% * | 20–60% * | >60% * |
| Milk | Shellfish | Cured and semicured cheese |
| Lentils | Eggs | Grated cheese |
| Chickpeas | Fermented soy derivatives | Oily fish |
| Soybeans | Eggplant | Canned and semipreserved oily fish derivatives |
| Mushrooms | Avocado | Dry-fermented meat products |
| Banana | Spinach | |
| Kiwi | Tomatoes | |
| Pineapple | Fermented cabbage | |
| Plum | Citrus | |
| Nuts | Strawberries | |
| Chocolate | Wine | |
| Beer | ||
* Percentage of low-histamine diets from the literature that exclude each foodstuff.