Effective for controlling histaminic reactions to foods
This product works well for me to counteract unpleasant reactions I have to certain foods. With DAOsin I can usually eat them with little problem. I'm histadelic and thus have a low tolerance for known high-histamine foods (avocado, lemon, tomato, eggplant, banana, vinegar, red wine, cheese, sardines, etc.), especially during allergy season (when my histamine levels can already be sky-high). Previously, even with anti-histamines and methionine, I had to limit my diet very carefully to minimize burning eyes, a stinging tongue, sinus headaches, itchy skin, sneezing fits, nausea, and insomnia. However, I've learned that DAO (diamine oxydase) doesn't just block histamine receptors in the body like antihistamines or break it down after it's already gotten into your bloodstream like methionine; DAO actually helps digest and break down excess histamine in your GI tract BEFORE it can be absorbed and released into the blood stream and cause unpleasant reactions.<br /><br />DAOsin even works fairly well for me if I forget and take it AFTER eating. Using it along with methionine (an essential amino acid) and an OTC antihistamine, I can actually sleep soundly and allergy-free when the pollen counts are high. I would have given DAOsin five stars, but it is expensive and has lots of excipients (extra inactive ingredients). It makes allergy-free meals pretty costly, and I'm a little concerned about all the added chemicals that I can't even pronounce - the company says these extra ingredients are in very small quantities and serve as binders and slow the release of the DAO so that it reaches your small intestine. I have not found any other high-potency DAO products that don't have a similar number of extra ingredients.<br /><br />The deciding factor for me was that it is clearly stated on the label that DAOsin is &#34;Made in Austria&#34;, whereas other potent DAO products often don't state their actual origin - &#34;manufactured by&#34;, (worse) &#34;manufactured for&#34;, and (the worst) &#34;distributed by&#34; do NOT indicate WHERE the product was actually MADE. For example, a nutrient corporate office in North America may own a factory in Asia, where their products are made by cheap labor without any assurance of quality control, but they can still label the product &#34;Manufactered by&#34; this American company. The question remains: &#34;Manufactured by you WHERE?&#34; That can be guaranteed only with &#34;MADE IN...&#34;<br /><br />Histame, another DAO product, lists very few excipients on its label, but it also contains MUCH less DAO than DAOsin, forcing me to take three to four times as many of Histame's larger capsules (why are they so big then?) to get the same results as one or two very small DAOsin capsules. In the long run, this makes Histame just as expensive or more than DAOsin. I haven't done the calculations yet, but a bottle of 30 Histames runs out a lot faster on me than a bottle of 30 DAOsin capsules.<br /><br />I hope this helps! And no, I don't work for or know anyone at Swanson in the US or the DAOsin company in Austria.
Rating: 4 stars