✿ Spring busters, Liptember fundraiser, and our free peri community
The real reason your hay fever, brain fog, headaches or reflux is worse this year.
If you've stepped into September feeling groggy, foggy, and exhausted instead of refreshed by the spring weather, pollen might not be your main problem.
Many people do not realise that oestrogen and histamine drive each other up in a continuous cycle, leaving you with debilitating spring flares like migraines, brain fog, hot flushes, irritability, skin flushing, and reflux.
When your gut cannot clear this excess histamine, even healthy foods can trigger a cascade of symptoms. The key to thriving this season is stabilising your immune cells, supporting histamine gut breakdown, and clearing excess hormones all at once.
How Histamine, Hormones, and Gut Health Interact
Histamine is an immune signalling molecule produced by mast cells, and its clearance relies heavily on digestive function.
The Oestrogen Driven Loop: Oestrogen directly stimulates mast cells to release histamine, and rising histamine signals the ovaries to produce more oestrogen. This cycle often peaks during perimenopause or specific phases of your cycle.
The Gut Elimination Bottleneck: The enzyme Diamine Oxidase (DAO) breaks down dietary histamine in your digestive tract. When gut health is compromised, DAO drops, leaving uncleared histamine to recirculate. Add in some gut inflammation or dysbiosis and an elimination bottleneck begins!
The Histamine Liberator Trigger: When your systemic load is already high, eating histamine rich foods or liberators like citrus, walnuts, avocado, tomato, strawberries, aged foods, or wine causes mast cells to dump histamine straight into your bloodstream. My 3-Pronged Approach to Spring ClearanceStabilise Mast Cells: Certain nutrients, like Bioflavonoids (Quercetin and vitamin C) help prevent mast cells from overreacting to spring triggers and oestrogen spikes. Support Gut Clearance and DAO: Targeted nutrients and herbs help your gut break down histamine before it enters circulation and assist gobbling it up to eliminate it. Clear Excess Oestrogen: Supporting liver detoxification pathways allows your body to clear recycled oestrogen and break the cycle.
If you're reading and saying "I feel seen" I'd love to help you resolve this histamine spiral.
Raising Awareness For Women's Mental Health
Navy (my daughter) and I are doing Liptember (wearing lippy throughout September) to raise money and awareness for Women's Mental Health. Sadly 1 in 2 women and girls are currently struggling with their mental health. If you'd like to donate or see our daily lip shade.
Three Ways To Reset Your Health This Spring
You do not have to settle for a gross and goggy spring. Here are a few options to cater to differing levels of time, budget or energy, so you get a tailored and targeted solution & have a thriving season rather than a foggy one.
Book an Express Consult: These are designed for focus on one aspect of health with 20-30mins to nut out and nail the issue at hand.
Visit the Clinic Face-to-Face: Come see me in the Northcote clinic for a comprehensive consultation to resolve the underlying drivers of your health. I can also formulate a personalised herbal tonic right here in the clinic to bust those pesky hormonal or histamine heebie-jeebies.
Access Online Scripts: Receive tailored, high-potency practitioner formulas delivered directly to your door. I set up your online script with repeats for up to 12 months for seamless ongoing care.
While spikes in hay fever, fatigue, insomnia, reflux, itchiness, and swollen or puffy skin are common during perimenopause and times of hormonal shift, they are not something you simply have to tolerate. With the right support, you can feel so much better. Simply reply to this email or book an appointment to discuss a plan tailored to you.
I have created a dedicated online community where we can mingle, share advice, and vent about what the heck is going on with our bodies during perimenopause. It is a supportive space to connect with other women on the same journey.
Got Questions? Call Lydia to discuss your health needs on 0422 659 607
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