Are Pine Nuts High in Histamine?

Many people wonder if pine nuts are high in histamine or low histamine.

On three of the major sites, this is how pine nuts are listed:

• SIGHI List: 1 - Moderately compatible, minor symptoms, occasional consumption of small quantities is often tolerated

• Histamine Intolerance Site: 🤔 (yellow – medium histamine)

• Mast Cell 360: Low

On our trusted Histamine Intolerance Food List, we’ve listed pine nuts as yellow - foods that are medium histamine, or where there is debate about histamine levels.

On the SIGHI scale - pine nuts are listed as a ‘1’ - Moderately compatible, minor symptoms, occasional consumption of small quantities is often tolerated.

Remember, everyone is different and lists do vary. That’s why we’ve brought the world’s most respected lists together in our easy-to-use histamine intolerance food list, trusted by thousands.

All our sources are listed and acknowledged. This is not advice, consult your doctor or practitioner before introducing anything new into your diet, or if you are unsure.

We’ve carried out a poll on our Instagram page to see what our followers think. We asked our thousands of histamine intolerant Instagram followers - are pine nuts high histamine or are pine nuts low histamine?

Here are the results.

60% responded positively to pine nuts

40% responded negatively to pine nuts

Remember there are hundreds of foods to check out on our Histamine Intolerance Food List.