Am I Actually Allergic? The Truth About Food Allergies, Intolerances, & “Sensitivities”
Wellness: Fact vs. Fiction
Danielle Belardo
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 September 2022
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Summary
Join Dr. Danielle Belardo and her expert of the week, pediatric allergist and immunologist Dr. David Stukus, for a myth-busting episode about food allergies, intolerances, and "sensitivities." Danielle and David crack down on food "sensitivity" scams and unnecessary, unvalidated tests that people all over social media are falling victim to. Even allergies have a dark side, so tune in to learn what is fact and what is, simply, fiction.
Danielle and David discuss:
- The basic terminology and meaning of food allergies, sensitivities, and intolerances
- The difference between IgG and IgE and why IgG testing isn’t validated or accurate
- Low histamine diets and the pseudoscience claims these diets make
- How to use a trial, elimination, and reintroduction diet to discover food intolerances
- Why an oral food challenge is the gold standard for allergy testing
- Ways to find a provider to get an accurate allergy diagnosis
- Red flags for spotting allergy misinformation on social media
David Stukus, MD, is a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in the Division of Allergy and Immunology. Prior to becoming the director of the Food Allergy Treatment Center, Dr. Stukus started the Complex Asthma Clinic at Nationwide Children's Hospital in 2011, which treats children with severe or difficult-to-treat asthma. He holds multiple leadership positions in the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI) and the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology and is one of twelve allergists invited as a member of the Joint Task Force for Practice Parameters. He is the Social Media Medical Editor for the AAAAI, where he produces and hosts their podcast "Conversations From the World of Allergy." He has been named a Top Doctor in Pediatric Allergy every year since 2015.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:07.8 | Either you give very vague symptoms or a very long list of symptoms of, |
| 0:11.7 | did you ever have a poor night's sleep or did you ever blink more than three times in a row? |
| 0:14.9 | Or did you ever have a rash? |
| 0:16.6 | Or did your knee ever crack when you walked up the stairs? |
| 0:19.2 | You know, all of this stuff. |
| 0:20.2 | And eventually, this is what fortune tellers do, right? Eventually say, yes, that's me. I didn't sleep well three weeks ago. It must be because I have a food sensitivity. And then what they do with these tests, again, IGG is merely a marker of foods you've eaten at some point in the past. To the best of our knowledge, higher levels likely indicate foods you eat on a more regular basis. |
| 0:47.2 | Welcome to wellness, fact versus fiction. I'm Dr. Danielle Ballardo, and I'm a cardiologist |
| 0:52.5 | who loves evidence-based medicine and nutrition science. |
| 0:55.6 | But as a millennial, I've watched endless wellness vads take over social media. |
| 1:00.1 | It's my mission to get to the bottom of things by bringing on the top expert physicians and scientists |
| 1:04.8 | to help us determine what is fact versus fiction when it comes to your health. |
| 1:09.7 | It's time to leave the pseudoscience behind and become empowered when it comes to your health. It's time to leave the pseudoscience behind and become |
| 1:12.4 | empowered when it comes to our wellness. |
| 1:23.1 | Hi everyone. Welcome back to wellness fact versus fiction. I am so excited for today's episode. This is a |
| 1:31.4 | really just one of those topics that you guys have been asking about for so long. And we have the |
| 1:37.1 | expert of experts here today, Dr. David Stukas. He is a professor of clinical pediatrics in the |
| 1:43.7 | Division of Allergy allergy and immunology at |
| 1:45.7 | nationwide children's hospital and the Ohio State University College of Medicine. |
| 1:49.0 | And he is here today to talk about all things food allergy, food sensitivity. |
| 1:54.5 | This is the episode you guys have been waiting for. |
| 1:57.5 | At his institution, Dr. Seikas serves as the director of the Food |
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