Histamine Intolerance, Remedies and Recovery with Steven Wright

Episode Highlights With Steven

How he was a histamine denier and what he found out that changed everything
The equation of this… histamine isn’t a bad thing. You don’t want too much or too little
Histamine must be balanced with an enzyme called DAO. When it gets out of balance, we can have symptoms.
Signs and symptoms of histamine intolerance and how they overlap with seasonal allergies and stress
Yeast and histamine connection
Histamine and autoimmune connection and how they overlap. The links with genetics here as well.
With histamine intolerance, even some healthy foods can temporarily be problematic
The problem with leftovers if you have histamine issues
Problems occur when we make too much histamine or don’t break it down with DAO
How he recovered completely from seasonal allergies and helped his wife do this as well
DAO can help with carsickness in kids as well
Butyrate is the key molecule for the gut and what we're learning about this, as well as how it might be more important than probiotics for gut health
Butyrate is not something we produce
Enzymes can be more helpful for gut health than probiotics, and it's a both and equation
We actually do not want a “strong” immune system, we want a balanced immune system
What parabiotics are and how they uniquely affect the body and immune system

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