Omnidium on Hello Hormones with Dr. Carrie Jones

Okay, stopping here for a second because today's sponsor Omnidium is absolutely filling a gap that I have been watching women fall through for years. And women navigating perimenopause and menopause deserve so much better as their hormones shift and their histamine symptoms worsen. Because nobody warns you that perimenopause can make your body turn on foods that it used to love. One day a wine and cheese plate are fine and the next day it's flushing, headaches, anxiety, and you're wondering what's wrong with you. Well, spoiler alert, it's your body's ability to process histamine coupled with hormone changes. So here's what's actually happening. You have a little enzyme, it's called DAO or diamine oxidase. And this breaks down histamine primarily from foods. Sadly, like everything else, DAO does decline with age. But when estrogen shifts high, as it can do through the wild ride of perimenopause, this can suppress DAO. And at the same time, an increase in histamine can affect your body's hormonal balance. It's a total loop. It's a cycle. And when you're stuck in it, you feel it everywhere because histamine symptoms can include more than allergies or congestion. It might show up as headaches, sensitive itchy skin, bloating, flushing, diarrhea, heart palpitations, anxiety, feeling on edge, brain fog, irritability, and more. I know these sound like classic perimenopausal symptoms, but these can be histamine things as well. And that's exactly where they have a product called Menopause Complete from Omnidium.