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Turnip

Low histamine

Turnips are low in histamine and not known to trigger histamine release — a straightforward root vegetable.

Turnips are a simple root vegetable with no significant histamine content or known properties that interfere with histamine metabolism.

  • Root vegetable reliability — like rutabaga and parsnip, turnips don't go through the aging or fermentation processes that cause histamine to build up in foods

  • Fresh or cooked both work — roasting, boiling, or eating raw, the preparation method doesn't meaningfully affect the histamine picture

A reliable, low-key vegetable that fits easily into a low-histamine eating pattern.

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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)