Table 2.
Model weekly diet plan provided to the patients for the low-histamine (LH) and high-histamine (HH) period of the dietary intervention.
| Low Histamine * | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breakfast | 1 cup of fresh whole fat plain milk+ 2 slices of whole wheat bread made with fresh yeast+ 1tsp butter+ 1tsp honey | 1 cup of fresh whole fat milk+ 1slice of whole wheat bread made with fresh yeast+ 1tsp homemade peach jam | 1 cup of fresh whole fat plain milk+ 3 whole wheat bread rusks | 1 cup of fresh whole fat plain milk+ 1 whole wheat bread+ 1tsp honey | 200gr whole fat Greek yogurt+ 1 pear | 1 cup of fresh whole fat plain milk+ 2 slices of whole wheat bread made with fresh yeast+ 1tsp butter+ 1tsp honey | 1 cup of fresh whole fat plain milk+ 2 slices of whole wheat bread made with fresh yeast+ 1tsp butter+ 1tsp honey |
| Snack | 1 cup melon | 1 cup of fresh apple-pear juice | 1 apple | 1 pear | 1 cup of fresh juice from apple-pear | 1 apple | 1 cup of fresh apple juice |
| Lunch | 1 portion green fresh beans+ 1 slice of whole wheat bread+ potatoes | 1 portion stuffed zucchini or peppers with rice and beef or turkey mince meat+ 1slice of whole-wheat bread | 1 portion of boiled fresh fish+ 1 boiled potato+ boiled carrots, zucchini | 1 portion ratatouille vegetables (zucchini, carrots, peppers, onion, olive oil, potatoes)+ 1 slice whole wheat bread | 1 portion of pasta with turkey/chicken/beef mince meat+ boiled zucchini+ olive oil | 4–5 fried meatballs with chicken mince meat+ 15–20 slices of fried potatoes+ lettuce salad | 1 portion leek with rice, lemon and olive oil+ 1 slice whole wheat bread+ cottage or cream cheese |
| Snack | Oven-baked apple with egg and breadcrumbs, sugar and cinnamon | 1 milkshake with fresh whole fat plain milk, vanilla flavour, honey | Homemade popcorn with olive oil or butter | 1 slice of homemade vanilla cake | 1 homemade rice pudding | 1 full-fat yogurt+ 1tsp honey | 1 apple milk shake: full-fat milk, apple, cinnamon, honey |
| Dinner | Homemade Caesars Chicken salad with lettuce, boiled corn, cucumber, olive oil | 1 homemade chicken burger with whole wheat bread, lettuce | 1 homemade sandwich with lettuce, cottage cheese, boiled turkey ham, lettuce | 1 homemade souvlaki with chicken meat and whole wheat pita bread, fried potatoes | Egg salad: egg, tomato, lettuce, olive oil | Lettuce salad with baked lamb meat | Baked chicken meat with cucumber-lettuce salad and olive oil |
| High Histamine * | |||||||
| Breakfast | 1 cup of whole fat long life milk+ 2whole wheat homemade chocolate biscuits | 1 cup of whole fat long life milk+ 1slice of whole wheat bread+ 1tsp Nutella | 1 cup of whole fat long life chocolate milk+ 2 homemade vanilla biscuits | 1 cup of whole fat long life milk+ 1 whole wheat bread+ 1tsp honey | 1 fruit stirred yogurt with strawberries | 1 cup of whole fat long life milk+ ½ cup chocolate cereals | 1 cup of whole fat long life milk+ 2 slices of toasted bread+ 2tsp strawberry jam |
| Snack | 1 cup of fresh orange juice | 1 cup of packed mixed fruit juice | 1 banana | 1 cup of packed anana juice | 1 banana | 1 kiwi fruit | 1 cup of packed mixed fruit juice |
| Lunch | 1 portion of lentils+ mature yellow cheese (Cretan graviera)+ 1slice of wholewheat bread | 1 portion stuffed tomatoes with rice and frozen mince-meat+ 1slice of wholewheat bread+ feta cheese | 1 portion of frozen fish sticks+ 1boiled potato+ cauliflower or broccoli | 1 portion “tourlou” vegetables (aubergine, carrots, cucumber, tomato, olive oil, potatoes)+ 1 slice whole wheat bread+ feta cheese | 1 portion pasta with tomato sauce and mushrooms+ parmesan cheese+ Tomato salad | 4-5 fried meatballs from frozen minced-meat+ 15-20 slices of fried potatoes+ broccoli or cauliflower | 1 portion spinach with rice and tomato+ feta cheese+ 1 slice of whole wheat bread |
| Snack | 1 yogurt with chocolate slices | Homemade Banana milkshake (banana, whole milk, honey) | Fruit salad: grapes, orange, banana | 1 cup strawberries or grapes | chocolate ice cream | 50gr milk or back chocolate | Lemon or strawberry Sorbet |
| Dinner | 1 piece of ham and cheese pie | 1 burger with pork mince neat_ tomato salad | 1 hot dog: whole wheat bread, 1 sausage stuffed with cheese, 1tsp mustard, 1tsp ketchup | 1 souvlaki with pork meat and whole wheat pita bread, fried potatoes, tomato | Chef salad: Roquefort cheese, salami, cedar, boiled egg, tomato, lettuce, olive il | 1 slice of spinach pie | Baked pork meat with Greek salad |
* All meals and salads prepared with fresh olive oil.