L-Histidine:
Produced Naturally By Our Bodies
L-Histidine is considered
one of the 12 nonessential amino acids that our body needs to in
order to function in a healthy and proper manner. Along with alanine,
arginine, asparagine, aspartate, cysteine, glutamate, glutamine,
glycine, proline, serine, and tyrosine, L-Histidine is produced
naturally by our bodies.
L-Histidine helps produce and regulate histamine, and is a precursor
to common allergy symptoms like sneezing, runny nose and eyes, coughing,
itchy skin, and all the other pleasures that come with an imbalance
of histamines in your body. Important functions of L-Histidine include:
- Maintaining healthy histamine levels. Low
levels of L-Histidine can cause allergic symptoms and poor digestion.
- Histamine promotes gastrin secretions, an
important enzyme needed for healthy digestion.
- Acting as an important enzyme in utilizing
minerals in the body, such as copper, zinc, iron, manganese,
and molybdenum.
L-Histidine is also essential in forming
vital metal-based compounds in the body such as the antioxidant
super oxide dismutase, hemoglobin in red blood cells, and cysteine
dioxygenase, an enzyme that regulates the amino acid cysteine in
the production of glucose.
Commonly used to help treat allergies and cold symptoms, L-Histidine
works with the other nonessential amino acids, and also the eight
essential amino acids, in histamine and protein production. The
essential amino acids are isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine,
phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine. These amino acids
are not produced by the body and must be obtained through protein-rich
foods like beef, poultry, fish, eggs, and dairy products, or through
healthy supplementation.
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