Is avocado high in alpha-gal?

Watch for

• High for histamine content and high as a liberator at the same time, a combination shared by only a handful of foods, which is why avocado shows up on low-histamine lists more consistently than most fruit
• Amine load climbs as the fruit over-ripens and after it has been cut and stored, so browning flesh and yesterday’s guacamole are the versions most likely to provoke a reaction
• The FODMAP problem is sorbitol alone.Fructans, GOS and excess fructose all grade clean and it rates well for SIBO, so tolerance tracks portion size closely and small amounts are often fine when a half fruit is not
• High in salicylates and moderate in tyramine, two separate triggers from the histamine story, which is worth knowing if avocado bothers you but other high-histamine foods do not
• Avocado cross-reacts with natural rubber latex, alongside banana, kiwi and chestnut, which is the usual explanation for itching or tingling in the mouth rather than anything histamine-related
• Moderate on nickel and only moderate for eosinophilic oesophagitis compatibility, so it is not automatically a safe fruit on either protocol