Chocolate Reaction

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Hello Jeni,

 

As you may know, chocolate is one of the most common foods that

trigger histamine release. The antigen, in this case probably a lectin

found in chocolate, (or some impurity/additive), stimulated your body

into releasing histamines, and other special chemicals, to try to

attack the invader, the antigen. The reason your body, or a part of

it, gets hot is due the increased blood-supply to support the

immune-system in fighting the invader.

Two of the more commonly used, and well-documented, natural

anti-histamines are Quercetin (take 500mg at first sign of reaction,

followed by 500mg every two hours until better) and Vitamin C (1000mg

at first sign, followed by 500mg every hour until better).

 

Hope that helps,

 

Daniel C. Luthi

Nutrition Educator