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Food & Diet

What to eat when your gut and nervous system are dysregulated: the POTS diet, low-histamine and MCAS eating, the SIBO gut connection, the Mediterranean pattern, and simple meal ideas for hard days.

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Austin Spaeth July 6, 2026 Food

Gentle Low-Histamine Meal Ideas for Bad POTS Days

On a bad day you need food that is easy to make, easy to digest, salty enough for POTS, and low enough in histamine that it does not add to the flare. The single most useful habit is to cook fresh on a good day and freeze single portions immediately: histamine climbs in fridged leftovers, but freezing right away mostly stops the clock. Keep a short list of foods you personally tolerate and lean on it.

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