Anyone with a bit of health and diet knowledge wanna weigh in

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Anyone with a bit of health and diet knowledge wanna weigh in on this?

>eat 2 tins of sardines daily
>gr8 for protein, vitamin D, vitamin E and omega 3s
>eventually start getting some kind of allergic reaction everytime i put tinned sardnes in my mouth causing hives in my gums and cheeks

ok i'll stop eating sardines from a tin
>test mackarel from a tin
>no reaction
>Start eating 2 tins of mackarel daily
>eventually start getting a similar but different allergic reaction
>similar swelling feeling albeit in the throat which makes it even more uncomfortable

I read it might be the histamine in the tinned fish, but taking anti-histamines doesn't really seem to be a way of beating it.

So basically I need to source another fish (or way of eating sardines/mackarel).

Catfishes, Tilapia and Basa seem pretty cheap and don't taste particularly offensive but to my understnading they're no where near as based as sardines, herrings and mackarels. also i'm a bit worried that they are imported from places like china/vietnam and are basically sewer fish

frozen cod and pollock are also fairly cheap. i presume they're half-way decent healthwise.

as are fresh mackarels and sardines (not sure if i would eventually start getting the reaction from these too though) and some other fresh fish like plaice - but obviously these require some preparation - which frozen and canned fish don't.

a last alternative is to eat smoked herrings and/or mackarel - these are fairly cheap - can taste ok - but i'm worried that eating smoked food regualrly might not work and i might continue to get the reaction under these.

any ideas?