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"?
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?
