Episode Details

Histamine intolerance is a relatively new thing. Discover how it could be making your PMS symptoms worse. You'll also hear what to change to have less PMS symptoms related to histamine intolerance.

Take Aways

• My terrible experience with severe PMS symptoms last week. 
• My symptoms were likely heightened by high histamine levels.
• About histamines from Healthline.com
• The body can get overloaded with histamine and have an allergic response
•  "Histamine intolerance is the temporary state of having too much histamine, which is the part of the immune system that causes allergies and swelling. In addition to its role in immune function, histamine also regulates stomach acid, stimulates the brain, boosts libido and plays a key role in ovulation and female reproduction." -Lara Briden, Naturopathic doctor, Period Repair Manual, page 123.
• If you're healthy, your body should be able to clear histamine with the DAO (diamine oxidase enzyme).
• You may be more vulnerable to histamine intolerance at different times of your menstrual cycle.
• During ovulation and right before your period your body is higher in estrogen. Estrogen stimulates histamine production. Having too much histamine stimulates the body to produce more estrogen. The cycle continues.
• " Taking steps to lower histamine can dramatically improve PMS, period pain, and heavy periods." -Lara Briden, Period Repair Manual, page 124.
• "Steps include avoiding cow's dairy (histamine-stimulating food), avoiding fermented foods (histamine-containing food), and taking vitamin B6 which clear histamine by up regulating the DAO enzyme." -Lara Briden, Period Repair Manual, page 124
•  Treatment for histamine intolerance can include enhancing progesterone or taking progesterone as well. -Lara Briden, Period Repair Manual, page 205
• Note: natural progesterone (also called micronized progesterone) is different from progestin.

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