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Pre and probiotics
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Hey ,
With allergies, the immune system often reacts by releasing inflammatory chemicals like histamine. When the body deals with a histamine overload, symptoms can appear everywhere in the body – including in the gut. If you’re curious to learn more about histamine, I would recommend you to read this handout (you can find the handout under the folder icon!). With allergies, a histamine overload
Microorganisms possessing the enzyme histidine decarboxylase, which converts histidine to histamine, are responsible for the formation of histamine in foods. This is why many probiotic species are histamine-producing and fermented foods are advised to avoid.
Some strains are histamine-degrading, for example: Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus salivarius and Lactobacillus plantarum. If you aren’t sensitive to yeast, Saccharomyces Boulardii could also be helpful in rebalancing the immune reaction that is often skewed.
When your body releases a lot of histamine, my first recommendation when it comes to probiotics would be the probiotics of Seeking Health called Probiota HistaminX.
Do you know if you are histamine intolerant?
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thank you ! This is so helpful and informative. I have been advised to take Proflora Restore plus by my gastro but I’m not so sure about it hence my hesitation .
I’d love to read the handout but wasn’t able to open it .
As for me having a histamine intolerance, honestly I have some suspicion but it could be also SIBO the reason of my reactions to food . I’m a little confused to say the least .. -
Hey Daniela Nikolova,I don’t think that is a bad brand. But if histamine buildup is involved, you might experience worsening of your allergy symptoms. Perhaps you could share the symptoms you are experiencing and if you feel like it… you can share lab results here as well. We could give you more personalized advice that way.
Back to your original question: SIBO can be a source of histamine-producing microorganisms. Proflora Plus has some histamine-releasing species as well. Lactobacillus Casei, Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus are examples of that.
You could try to reduce histamine-rich foods (see the handout attached below! By the way, this was the document I was linking to). Typical symptoms you could experience when histamine is elevated are:
• runny nose,
• itching,
• red, itchy, or watery eyes
• diarrhea
• headaches
• bloating
• abdominal pain
• nausea
• flushing of the head and chest
• heart palpations
• dizziness
• low blood pressureIf some of these symptoms are the ones you are experiencing, that can be clues of elevations in histamine.
What are other recommendations from your Gastro to address SIBO?
[SIGHI-Leaflet_HistamineEliminationDiet.pdf]
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I zoomed in on histamine, but with allergies, we have other recommendations we can share with you as well. In fact, we have a handout summarizing them. I will attach it here below, so you don’t have to search for it![Allergy_Sensitivity.pdf]
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thank you ! For me the flushing and the dizziness are the main symptoms . As for the SIBO , I’m supposed to do the breath test with the intake of the glucose drink on a fasted stomach . Im just not sure if I should do it as I’m not a fan of the drink idea on an empty stomach Is there another way to test ?
As for the gastro I guess will need to wait and see the results if I decide to do the test . I looked at the probiotic you suggested and will order it . Im just not so sure what’s the best starting point . I have not had any tests done for histamine intolerance and if you have any suggestions I’d gladly welcome those. Thank you once again and for the attachment -
I truly appreciate it
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