Why one in ten children have a food allergy | Dr. Gideon Lack

Allergies are on the rise in both infants and adults. Many are calling it an epidemic. Allergies can limit your diet, cause irritation, and in some cases be life threatening.

In today’s episode, we discuss the evidence suggesting that our gut plays a key role in protecting us from food allergies.

Professor Gideon Lack tells us how we can reduce the risk of allergies developing in children. Gideon also shares innovative ways to treat allergies and significantly reduce the risk of death.

Gideon is Professor of Paediatric Allergy at King’s College London. His groundbreaking studies into allergies have reversed the official medical advice of multiple countries.

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Timecodes

00:00Allergies are on the rise

01:30Quickfire questions

05:02Allergies vs intolerances

06:48Do allergies only develop in childhood?

11:18Why allergic reactions happen

15:33Hay fever and asthma

18:28How to spot birch pollen allergy

19:58Which allergies do children develop?

26:50Gideon’s light bulb moment

32:16Does eczema play a role?

36:36The importance of the gut microbiome

45:08How to protect your baby

50:05Skin and allergies

54:06Should nuts be banned on planes?

57:49The truth about airborne allergens

Books by our ZOE Scientists:

• Every Body Should Know This by Dr Federica Amati
• Food For Life by Prof. Tim Spector
• Fibre Fuelled by Dr Will Bulsiewicz

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• Live Healthier: Top 10 Tips From ZOE Science & Nutrition
• Gut Guide - for a healthier microbiome in weeks

Studies related to today’s episode:

• Self-Reported Prevalence of Allergies in the USA and Impact on Skin—An Epidemiological Study on a Representative Sample of American Adults, published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Trends in Allergic Conditions Among Children: United States, 1997–2011,published by US National Center for Health Statistics
• Earlyexposure hypothesis: where are we now? published in Clinical and Translational Allergy
• RandomizedTrial of Peanut Consumption in Infants at Risk for Peanut Allergy, published in New England Journal of Medicine
• RandomizedTrial of Introduction of Allergenic Foods in Breast-Fed Infants, published in New England Journal of Medicine
• BirchPollen Immunotherapy by Consumption of Apples, published by AppleCare Project, Interreg Italy Austria
• Food allergy and the gut, published in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

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Episode transcripts are available here