Iodine rich foods

[Dewberry1]

Morning All

Does anyone who is hypo find a hard time tolerating iodine rich food??

All of a sudden I cannot tolerate shellfish. Could be an allergy but wondering as of the high iodine value it could be related. As everything with the thyroid seems to be!!!

Thanks

[Hidden]

Or it could be histamine intolerance? What reactions do you get from eating shellfish?

Recently I developed facial flushing and itching, red hands after handling and eating prawns. I've eaten them for years without problems. I find I'm reacting to high histamine foods, shellfish are particularly problematic.

[Dewberry1 in reply to Hidden]

Hi

Last time I had them I vomited. This time around diarrhoea. Always been fine with them so not sure if I have allergy of coincidence

[Hidden in reply to Dewberry1]

How long after eating do you have the reaction? Were they fresh or frozen ones thawed and reheated? Be sure to rule out any food poisoning. Intolerance can show up many hours later when the food is in the digestive tract, and causes a reaction.

[Dewberry1 in reply to Hidden]

Around 4 hours. I don’t think it was food poisoning the rest of my family was fine

[Hidden in reply to Dewberry1]

Sounds far more like intolerance, then. Unfortunately it can come on suddenly when you've been previously OK with certain foods. The best way to figure out whether it's histamine intolerance is to look into the other food you're eating, perhaps you have a diet high in histamine, without realising it. Here's an article to explain it better:

histamineintolerance.org.uk...

[Dewberry1 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks!

[puncturedbicycle]

If it helps I think it is quite common to develop a shellfish allergy in adulthood (anecdotally I know a lot of people - myself included - who suddenly became allergic in middle age). I'm allergic to crustacea but not bivalves. You may find one is a problem but not the other.