GUT HEALTH CENTER
ZONULIN
DAO
HISTAMINE
ZONULIN, DAO, and HISTAMINE
Building a healthy gut garden bed.
These compounds have a big effect on your gut garden. Get them right and your garden will flourish.
WHAT IS ZONULIN?
Zonulin is a protein that regulates intestinal permeability. Zonulin modulates the permeability of tight junctions between cells of the wall of the digestive tract.
Our bodies need some zonulin, but too much leads to problems.
WHAT IS DAO?
DAO, diamine oxidase, is an enzyme produced in your kidneys, thymus, and intestinal lining, that helps to break down histamine.
Without enough DAO, histamine can being to accumulate in the body.
WHAT IS HISTAMINE?
Histamine is a chemical that helps to communicate messages to your brain, triggers the release of stomach acid for digestion, and releases after injury or allergies as a part of your bodies immune response.
Some histamine is a good thing, too much can lead to problems.
Too much histamine can cause a number of unpleasant effects such as headaches, nausea, congestion, and water eyes. It can lead to more serious conditions, such as ulcers.
Excess histamine also causes a number of gut health issues and can make certain conditions, such as IBS, much worse.
Some people have a disorder called histamine intolerance. This condition can affect the ability to metabolize histamine, and often there is overproduction of histamine. People with this disorder tend to have much lower levels of DAO in the body.
DAO plays a big role in regulating the amount of histamine in the body.
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A HEALTHY GUT LINING
Having a healthy gut lining is an important key to a happier gut garden.
DAO, histamines, and zonulin all have an effect on or are affected by the health of our gut lining.
"LEAKY GUT"
"Leaky Gut" is often thought to be an actual condition. What it really is, is a symptom of a larger problem in the gut.
It happens when the tight junctions in the gut lining start to come apart, allowing things to leak into the bloodstream that should not be there.
We think a better term for this is tight junction dysfunction.
Zonulin plays a huge role in this process.
INTESTINAL VILLI
The small intestinal villi help to increase absorption of nutrients, and provide digestive secretions. They play an important role in the health of your gut garden.
If there are problems with your gut lining, the villi will be negatively affected.
Zonulin plays an important role in the health of your villi.
DAO SUPPORT
In order to ensure optimal DAO levels, the following nutrients are especially beneficial:
Vitamin C
Copper
Vitamin B6
Phosphorous
Magnesium
Zinc
Iron
B12
Eating lots of whole foods rich in these nutrients are a great way to support healthy DAO levels.
LIVER
Liver is an incredibly nutrient dense food and is rich in so many nutrients that support healthy DAO levels including:
B-12
Zinc
Iron
Copper
Phosphorous
Make sure to get grass-fed liver. Here is a great source.
If eating liver is not for you, grass-fed liver capsules are another great option.
VITAMIN C RICH, LOW HISTAMINE FOODS
Vitamin C rich foods are very important for healthy DAO levels, however a lot vitamin C rich foods are high in histamine which causes problems for many people with low DAO levels.
These foods are rich in vitamin C, while being low in histamine:
Mangos
Broccoli
Apples
Bell Peppers
Blueberries
Apricots
Cranberries
Peaches
If you are not getting enough vitamin C rich foods in your diet, a good, low histamine, whole food vitamin C supplement is a great option.
MAGNESIUM RICH, LOW HISTAMINE FOODS
Magnesium is very important for healthy DAO function in the body.
Here are some low histamine, magnesium rich foods:
Sprouted Pumpkin Seeds
Sprouted Almonds
Macadamia Nuts
If you are not getting enough magnesium rich foods in your diet, a good, low histamine, whole food magnesium powder is a great option.
B12 RICH, LOW HISTAMINE FOODS
Having adequate b12 levels helps to support healthy DAO activity.
These foods are rich in b12, while being low in histamine:
Chicken
Pork
Eggs
Milk
Beef
Lamb
Buffalo
Kidney
Make sure meats are quickly frozen after butchering and not aged.
If you are not getting enough b12 rich foods in your diet, a good low histamine, whole food b-12 supplement is a great option.
COPPER RICH, LOW HISTAMINE FOODS.
Copper is incredibly important for healthy DAO function.
Here are some great low histamine copper rich foods:
Liver
Sprouted Pumpkin Seeds
Sweet Potatoes
If you are not getting enough copper rich foods in your diet, then a
a good low histamine, whole food copper supplement is a great option.
ZINC RICH, LOW HISTAMINE FOODS.
Getting enough zinc in your diet will help a lot to improve DAO function in your body. It is also very important for a healthy gut lining.
Here are some great low histamine, zinc rich foods:
Srpouted Pumpkin Seeds
Liver
Beef
Buffalo
Lamb
Pork
Make sure meats are quickly frozen after butchering and not aged.
If you are not getting enough zinc rich foods in your diet, then a
a good low histamine, whole food zinc supplement is a great option.