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Ironically, the parent comment has much less research than the article. For example, > I don't think histamines have anything to do with the GI side effects of
by wolverine876 4y ago
Ironically, the parent comment has much less research than the article. For example,
> I don't think histamines have anything to do with the GI side effects of overconsuming escolar.
'I don't think'? That's it? Are you an expert? They didn't even say anything about excess consumption (not generally required for allergic reactions) in the part you quoted, so that seems like a strawperson.
> I assume the research was a series of Google queries.
At least the comment is honest about its sources.
- tptacek 4y agoThere's literally a name for the GI illness escolar causes: keriorrhea. It's caused by the indigestibility of wax ester-containing oils in the muscle tissue of the fish; it's a phenomenon similar to those "fat-free-fat" potato chips they used to sell. The "histamine" thing is a reference (the author doesn't know it) to a problem (scombroid poisoning) caused by improper storage of many different kinds of fish, not just escolar --- tuna and amberjack cause it too. Scombroid poisoning happens because, above a certain temperature, histadine in the fish flesh is enzymatically converted to histamine. Happy to help! Would have been happy to help the author of this bad article, too. Oh, well.