Histamine is normally produced by your body. In normal amounts it helps with circulation, focus, digestion. It serves as a warning sign when something "not normal" happens to your body such as redness and swelling when stung by a bee. Or, when your eyes are itchy and watery and your nose is running because there is pollen in the air. In fact, it is actually involved in most functions of your body from breathing, to hormones, to your brain and even anxiety. These are all "normal" histamine responses. So, what causes an "overabundance" of histamine to be produced causing "histamine intolerance"?
The activity of the gut microbiome is super important to your well-being. It even as an impact on your mood and behavior because this is the predominant place that seratonin is produced. Serotonin helps control mood and sleep. In fact, the influence of the gut microbiome can even be felt in such seemingly unrelated areas as the respiratory tract.
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What exactly is leaky brain? If you have or currently experience brain fog or difficulty concentrating, you may very well have leaky brain.
If you have ever experienced seasonal allergies, most likely you have used an “antihistamine” …. Benadryl or Allegra …. to help with those itchy eyes, sneezes, drippy, nose and congestion. They work because they stop the “histamine response” your body is making to something it doesn’t like and views as an enemy.
A “histamine response” travels throughout the bloodstream and, so, can affect your lungs, skin, brain, gut and cardiovascular system. Have you noticed, however, how more and more people are having increased reactions to foods?
Read more...A “histamine response” travels throughout the bloodstream and, so, can affect your lungs, skin, brain, gut and cardiovascular system. Have you noticed, however, how more and more people are having increased reactions to foods?
If you suffer from bloating, gas or stomach cramping, you may have an inflammatory-type bowel condition such as:
- Chrohn’s
- Celiac
- IBS
These conditions can affect any part of the digestive system...from the stomach where food is broken down .... all the way to the small intestine where absorption of nutrients takes place.
When inflammation is present then the possibility of malabsorption increases. Malabsorption means nutritional deficiencies. What are some of these and what contributes to the malabsorption?
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