Food Sequencing: Fruit and Bloating
Is there any scientific evidence to support benefits of food sequencing with macro nutrients? Fruit tends to cause bloating; however, many people choose fruit as a dessert. Does fruit putrify on top of undigested food and exacerbate bloating if eating after a meal?
Histamine and DAO enzymes
Thank you and your team for the great work! A couple of months ago I have discovered that my DAO enzymes levels are lower than normal in the post-ovulation part of the menstrual cycle. The DAO enzymes levels test was part of my quest to determine why I get skin rash in the abs area in this period of month. The discovery made me more conscious about the histamines and histamine liberators (such as cocoa products, for example) in the food I consume and I try to follow the low histamine diet now. Quite ironically, many of the things I crave because of the PMS are high in histamine or liberate it (think "chocolate" as an ultimate doomsday histamine bomb). I write this message for the following reasons: 1. It might be beneficial to raise awareness about the existence of the DAO enzymes, the test to measure those and the whole topic of histamine in food - I bet most of the people do not know about it and how this is related to allergies. Same applies to the tools and supplements to raise DAO levels as well as low-histamine diet. 2. AFAIK, any food gets higher in histamine through time or, in other words, only the freshly prepared food can be low in histamine. This puts things like fermented cabbage/cucumbers in this "non-fresh food" category by nature of how the fermentation process works. However, we already know the essential role fermented food plays for gut health, which creates a dilemma - eat fermented stuff and get higher histamine, or ditch fermented food and miss the benefits? Or maybe I am overlooking some of the low histamine fermented options? Curious to learn what you think on the priorities of that and how would you approach this question.
Protein Amount Correlation to Mass
Exercise is the key driver of muscle. So, how much does a high (>100g) protein intake really make to growth of muscle? Going from a normal intake (~90g) to high wouldn’t seem like it would make that big of a difference. What does the evidence say? Thank you for the awesome podcast!