Histidine Benefits
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Histidine's benefits include:
- Histidine is needed for proper growth and repair
Histidine is required to enable the proper growth of the body tissues and it is also needed for enabling growth of various tissues in the body, which means it is vitally necessary for babies, infants and children, who are constantly growing and need to be healthy. - Histidine is important for nerve tissue health
Histidine is really important for the nerve cells, as it is responsible for maintaining the outer insulating material (myelin sheath) of many nerve cells. The myelin sheath enables electrical messages to go down nervous tissue really quickly and if it is damaged, there will be a problem in the relaying of messages in the body. Studies have found that histidine has neuroprotective qualities that prevent damage to the neurons and specifically to the myelin sheath of neurons, thus preventing problems with mobility (in the peripheral nervous system) and cognition (in the central nervous system). - Histidine acts to release gastric juices in the stomach
Histidine is involved in the process which releases gastric juices in the stomach, that help to digest foods eaten. This is important for people who have a lack of gastric juices and those who have indigestion due to this lack of gastric juices.
Histidine, through the release of histamine, regulates energy usage in the body. Histamine decreases appetite, decreases fat accumulation and affects appetite
- Histidine may help prevent brain cell death after stroke
Several studies have shown that administration of histidine after stroke have beneficial effect on the brain and in fact can prevent brain cell death, which often accompanies stroke (cerebral ischemia). This is significant because it means that patients who do experience stroke have a higher chance of full recovery of all their cognitive functions as well as their mobility. - Histidine is converted to histamine when there is an allergy present
Histidine is converted into the neurotransmitter histamine, which is released by the immune system when there is an allergic reaction in the body. - Histidine regulates use of energy in the body
Histidine, through the release of histamine, regulates energy usage in the body. Histamine decreases appetite, decreases fat accumulation and affects appetite.
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