This week, we’re talking about the viral Allegra + Pepcid combo for PMDD, MCAS, endometriosis, and histamine intolerance, and the important things nobody seems to be talking about.
While antihistamines can absolutely be helpful tools during flares, this episode is all about understanding why your histamine bucket is overflowing in the first place.
In this episode, we cover:
- Why antihistamines can help, but aren’t the full solution
- The connection between histamine, MCAS, PMDD, and endometriosis
- How gut health impacts histamine intolerance
- Why low stomach acid can make symptoms worse
- The role of DAO and histamine breakdown in the gut
- Why blood sugar is a sneaky factor of histamine issues that gets overlooked
- The connection between gut inflammation and anxiety symptoms
- Potential side effects of long-term antihistamine use
- Natural antihistamine support
If you’re constantly reacting to foods, struggling with histamine symptoms, or relying on antihistamines just to get through the day, this episode will help you understand what your body may actually be trying to tell you.
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What is Radiate with Rita?
Radiate with Rita is an empowering, real, and unfiltered women's gut and hormone health podcast hosted by Rita Utterback— a Functional Nutrition Practitioner who has helped over 300 women get lasting relief from miserable periods, brutal PMS/PMDD, gut issues, and symptoms of endometriosis inside her online practice and has lived it herself.
This show is for women who have been misunderstood, dismissed, are done settling and are finally ready to take back their health and their lives. In each episode, Rita breaks down the why and shares, real practical tools to help you get relief— think sustainable nutrition, habits and functional testing— without the BS that no one has time or energy for.
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