Allergies?

(Brett) #1

How have peoples allergies have been while on keto? I’ve been way more stuffed up it seems since starting thisWOE. Pretty much same foods as before just have eliminated lots of the non keto items. Thanks

(Sondra Rose) #2

Brett,
I was more stuffed up, too, in the beginnng. Did some reading and found out about Histamine Intolerance.

Fortunately, upping my Vitamin D3 helped a lot.

#3

My annual trip through ragweed season was about 90% better this year on keto. I only took a Claritin maybe 3 or 4 times all fall. Last year I took 2 a day sometimes, and a nasal medication, and I was still miserable. I credit this to a reduced histamine response but I can’t prove it. Yet.

(Richard Morris) #4

mucus is a glycoprotein so in a glucose restricted state your body is a lot more parsimonious as to how much mucus it produces.

For me going keto cleared up a consistent cough, and for julie it cleared her sinus.

(G. Andrew Duthie) #5

I have found, in general, that my allergies have been improving over time. But there may be no link to keto.

One supplement I take regularly is Niacin, which occasionally causes a histamine flush. I suspect (though I can’t prove) that Niacin supplementation has overall improved my histamine reaction threshold.

(Vanessa VE) #6

I was going to ask the same question. Eating high histamine food on keto (olive, avocado, tinned sardine, dairy) has led me to doing an elimination diet now to try to manage my food allergies…and I’m still on it, I can’t seem to be able to re-introduce food. Symptoms are pain on my right jaw and cheek, swollen lymph on the right side.
So at the moment it’s fresh/ frozen meat or fish with fresh/ frozen green vegs and that’s it. I didn’t have food allergies before.

(Vanessa VE) #7

Are you able to tolerate high histamine food now?

(Vanessa VE) #8

Hi
So should we avoid niacin or include it? Your message made me realise that I take an AWFUL lot of supplements and might stop that for a while and re-introduce them one by one.
Many thanks
LL

(G. Andrew Duthie) #9

I try to avoid telling folks what they should do.

I find that my allergies have been better, on average, since I’ve been taking niacin. While the occasional histamine flush isn’t much fun, the trade off is worthwhile for me.

(Sondra Rose) #10

To a degree. I still have very low level nasal congestion unless I fast, but no other symptoms. I can live with that!

(Carol O'Carroll) #11

My allergies have cleared on keto. Asthma, snoring, egg intolerance, all cleared up. I do supplement omega 3, vit D, magnesium.

(Richard Morris) #12

Wow, that’s great.

I think the reduction in mucus was the primary benefit for me with regards to snoring.

(Carol O'Carroll) #13

Agree!
Wonder how much sleep apnoea is actually just this…

(Oscar) #14

Usually every year my nose is dripping constantly in the month of April. Now that I’ve gone Keto since Jan 2017, so far no drip. Hope I’m not jinxing myself here.