rich1.0PeonyLaneWine (npub17a…92c0c)https://nostr.now/npub17anjkn6f5evuew59qej3puy6dyxu0fmcd95s8jvwy0jezzregj2q492c0cnjumphttps://nostr.now"Sulfites" give me headaches when I drink wine. I hear it all the time, but something never rang true to me. If you have a true sulfite sensitivity you would have an asthma-like reaction to drinking most wines or eating dried fruit. The key thing is: YOU WOULD KNOW TLDR at the bottom👇 My thinking on this has been that if a wine maker adds a ton of sulfites, they are probably adding a bunch of other additives. Since wine ingredient labeling is extremely opaque, you could be reacting to "anything" and without meeting your winemaker, it would be very difficult to ascertain which is giving you an issue. My advice to people negatively affected by wine has been 3-tiered: Best) Meet your winemaker and ask questions Better) Drink Low Intervention or "Natural" wines Good) Default to French/Italian/European wines generally Now, I'm back to the initial 80 IQ statement being correct. SULFITES DO NOT CAUSE WINE HEADACHES, but they do absolutely decrease your body's ability to process histamines. Histamines + High Sulfur lead to your body having an allergic response Your body produces histamines naturally as part of your immune alarm system causing blood vessels to dilate, tissues to swell, flushing and congestion. Thats the entire mechanism behind allergic reactions and why you take antihistamines to treat them. I'll go into the science of all this more in another thread TLDR Histamines exist in wine and "sulfites" decrease your body's ability to process them which leads to allergic reaction-type symptoms. This works QUICKLY. If you feel hot, congested or get a headache within the first few glasses you are having histamine issues. Quick solutions: White wine -> Lower Histamines Low Intervention wine -> Lower Sulfites DAO Enzyme supplements -> Help process histamines Allegra -> Safest Antihistamine with alcohol (last choice)