Histamine’s Role in Inflammation, the Immune System and Hormones

Happy spring and happy histamine season! If you experience the annual watery eyes, stuffy nose, headaches and itchiness this time of year, that’s our friend histamine at play. In this episode, I interview Michelle Shapiro, a fellow functional dietitian to talk about the role of histamine in inflammation, the immune system and our hormones. We chat about what histamine is and why some people experience issues wit histamine while others don’t. We get into histamine’s extensive connection to so many body systems and health conditions and why they’re so interconnected. And of course we finish the episode with providing you some practical strategies of how to fight histamine with functional nutrition. Tune into today’s show to learn more!

A few things we chat about in this episode 👇👇👇

• What is histamine and what’s the connection to the immune system and inflammatory response?
• What is histamine intolerance and how does it compare to mast cell activation syndrome?
• What are common histamine intolerance symptoms?
• What are the common foods that people have problems with that have histamine intolerance issues?
• What’s the connection between autoimmunity, long COVID and POTS and histamine?
• How does histamine influence mental health disorders?
• Role of hormones and cyclical hormonal changes in estrogen and progesterone’s influence on histamine
• What does it look like to treat histamine with functional nutrition?

Important show links 👇👇👇

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• Follow Michelle Shapiro on Instagram and join her Histamine Hub waitlist here

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00:00 Introduction

08:47 The Role of Histamine in Gut Issues and Hormonal Dysfunction

12:54 Mold and Mass Cell Activation Syndrome MCAs

16:20 Histamine and COVID connection

25:45 Problematic foods and Histamine

32:54 The Connection Between Histamine and Anxiety

39:07 Regulating the Nervous System in Histamine Management

45:36 Starting Points for Managing Histamine Intolerance