Are Pressure Cookers a low histamine cooking method?
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GreyOwl
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I didn't think cooking methods made any difference to histamine levels, I thought that food items have an intrinsic histamine level which increases as the food ages. I'm interested if histamine levels do change with cooking methods, can you please point me to something on this? Thanks.
ryan31337
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Can't speak authoritatively but definitely aware of consensus among histamine sensitive MCAS patients that slow cooking is a problem, whereas pressure cooking is better.
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If pressure cookers are better for MCAS patients, there is a nifty electric one that combines about 7 cooking functions that quite a few of us find is also labor saving. It is on and off sale (has been half price) during the holiday season: Instant Pot.
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Amazon had it half price a couple of days ago and are likely to have it on sale again. I got mine during their Black Friday in July sale. It is amazingly brain-fog proof and if it also helps with histamine--what a boon.that's the one I have my eye on
My Instant Pot is so valuable that I bought a second one for a backup during the Black Friday sale at Amazon.ca. It's the only thing I use for sautéing, slow cooking, pressure cooking, and yogurt making (including scalding the milk). Without it I would have to spend more time upright, which isn't good due to OI. I would also have to be upright when the food is done, but with it I can let the food sit on keep warm mode until I can be up. No worries about food boiling over or associated cleanup.
It's the most valuable kitchen appliance I have ever bought.
It's the most valuable kitchen appliance I have ever bought.
I love my pressure cooker. Vegetables are so nicely cooked, soft but not mushy. Soups are so quickly ready. Especially cook-a-leeky soup is so easily done. All the stews, meat or grains cook much quicker. Energy saved (including gas electricity and my energy too!) and delicious.
Some people even make cakes using pressure cookers, I haven't try that yet!
Some people even make cakes using pressure cookers, I haven't try that yet!
Can you explain what you mean?
What I meant is that I completely overhauled my diet at the same time as I started using the pressure cooker so the decline in histamine problems cannot be attributed to pressure cooking per se.