Could histamine intolerance be the hidden reason behind your acid reflux, insomnia, migraines, skin issues, anxiety, or hormone symptoms?

In this episode of The Hormone Solution, I’m joined by Joanne Kennedy, a naturopathic practitioner with deep expertise in histamine intolerance, gut health, and hormone balance. We dive into the surprising connection between histamine and estrogen dominance, and why so many women experience worsening symptoms during perimenopause and menopause.

Histamine is often only associated with allergies, but it plays a much bigger role in the body. It affects digestion, inflammation, sleep, mood, skin, brain function, and even hormone regulation. When histamine builds up faster than your body can break it down, it can trigger a wide range of frustrating symptoms that often get dismissed or misdiagnosed.

For women in perimenopause, this can become even more complicated. Fluctuating estrogen can increase histamine activity, while high histamine can further stimulate estrogen release, creating a frustrating cycle of symptoms that can feel impossible to figure out.

 

In this conversation, Joanne explains how histamine intolerance develops, why gut health is so important, which foods and environmental triggers can make symptoms worse, and how women can begin supporting their bodies naturally.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• What histamine intolerance is and how it affects the body
• The connection between histamine intolerance and estrogen dominance
• Why acid reflux can sometimes be linked to histamine issues
• How histamine may contribute to insomnia, migraines, skin issues, and anxiety
• Why perimenopause can make histamine symptoms worse
• The role of gut health in breaking down histamine
• Common high-histamine foods and environmental triggers
• Practical ways to support histamine balance naturally

Why Histamine Intolerance Matters in Perimenopause

Many women are told their symptoms are “just hormones” or “just aging,” but histamine may be one of the missing pieces. If you are dealing with unexplained reactions to food, worsening PMS, poor sleep, reflux, headaches, flushing, itching, hives, or anxiety, histamine intolerance could be worth exploring.

This episode will help you better understand the relationship between histamine, estrogen, gut health, and inflammation so you can start asking better questions and supporting your body in a more targeted way.

Listen to This Episode If You Have:

• Acid reflux or digestive discomfort
• Insomnia or restless sleep
• Migraines or headaches
• Skin issues, flushing, itching, or hives
• Anxiety or mood changes
• Estrogen dominance symptoms
• Perimenopause or menopause symptoms that feel unpredictable
• Food sensitivities or reactions that seem to come out of nowhere

Joanne’s insights may help you connect the dots between symptoms that seem unrelated, but may actually be part of the same histamine-hormone picture.

Visit Joanne’s website here.

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