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Menudo

Moderate histamine

Menudo is moderate, from a squeeze of lime plus the beef tripe and guajillo chili.

Histamine Liberator

This is a slow-cooked tripe and hominy soup with dried chili, garlic, onion, and oregano, finished with lime.

  • Tripe and chili — beef tripe and guajillo chili both run moderate, which sets the base level of the bowl.

  • Lime finish — lime is a histamine liberator, and even the small squeeze added at the table keeps this from landing low. The hominy, garlic, onion, and oregano are milder by comparison.

Skipping the lime helps a little, but the tripe keeps this in moderate territory.

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References

  1. SIGHI Food Compatibility List — SIGHI (2026)
  2. Histamine and histamine intolerance — Maintz & Novak (2007)
  3. Histamine Intolerance: The Current State of the Art — Comas-Basté et al. (2020)
  4. Low-Histamine Diets: Is the Exclusion of Foods Justified by Their Histamine Content? — Sánchez-Pérez et al. (2021)
  5. Histamine Intolerance: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Beyond — Jochum (2024)
  6. Guideline on management of suspected adverse reactions to ingested histamine — Reese et al. (2021)