Many people wonder if bananas are high in histamine or low histamine.

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

• SIGHI List: 2 - Incompatible, significant symptoms at usual intake

• Histamine Intolerance Site: 😡 (red – foods that our sources seem to agree are high histamine)

• Mast Cell 360: High

On our trusted Histamine Intolerance Food List, we’ve listed bananas as red – foods that our sources seem to agree are high histamine.

On the SIGHI scale - bananas are listed as a ‘2’ - Incompatible, significant symptoms at usual intake.

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 bananas high histamine or are bananas low histamine?

Here are the results.

33% responded positively to bananas

67% responded negatively to bananas

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