Are there practical ways to prevent food allergies during infancy?

The PedsDocTalk Podcast

Dr. Mona Amin

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Kids & Family, Parenting

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Parents have many stressors and fears when starting solids: the mess, what to give, how to give it, schedules, gagging and choking, and allergies. The fear of allergies can make parents AVOID giving allergenic foods when that can actually be more of a detriment. I welcome Malina Malkani who is pediatric registered dietitian, mom of three, and author of the new book Safe and Simple Food Allergy prevention We discuss: Parental fears surrounding food allergies and how to overcome this How we can reduce the risk of food allergies in babies What it means to introduce allergenic foods early, often, and consistently To connect with Malina Malkani follow her on Instagram @healthy.mom.healthy.kids, check out all her resources at https://www.malinamalkani.com/. Get Malina’s new book (pre-order until release on 11/12/24) Safe and Simple Food Allergy Prevention: A Baby-Led Feeding Guide to Starting Solids and Introducing Top Allergens. Read about the LEAP study research from The New England Journal of Medicine and Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) . Our podcasts are also now on YouTube. If you prefer a video podcast with closed captioning, check us out there and subscribe to PedsDocTalk TV. We love the sponsors that make this show possible! You can always find all the special deals and codes for all our current sponsors on the PedsDocTalk Podcast Sponsorships page of the website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We can get those allergens in orally, early and often and sort of train the immune system
0:05.6	that those proteins are safe, then there's less of a risk of the allergy from the food
0:10.9	allergy for developing.
0:13.3	But I think it's really important for all parents to not make the mistake of thinking
0:19.3	that food allergy prevention during infant feeding
0:21.9	is only for those high-risk babies, for babies with your eczema.
0:26.9	Because about a quarter of babies who develop food allergy never even had eczema to begin
0:32.1	with.
0:32.8	Welcome back to the Piedstock Talk podcast.
0:35.5	I am Dr. Mona, your host of this show. Thank you so much for
0:38.8	tuning in every week. This show has been doing incredible in 2024. And that is due to you,
0:45.4	the way you share the podcast on social media with friends. You keep tuning in. Thank you so much
0:51.3	for being here. And before we get into the conversation, I want to remind you that I'm a U.S.-based pediatrician,
0:57.1	and we are in election season.
0:59.7	And at the time of this recording of the introduction, I don't know who has won this pivotal election.
1:06.5	And so many of you have mentioned to me on my social media handle, Pete's dog talk, that you
1:11.8	have election anxiety.
1:13.8	And so do I.
1:14.9	So election season can bring a roller coaster of emotion, but one thing's for sure that no
1:21.1	matter who wins, our kids will still need us to be their steady presence.
1:25.7	Parenting doesn't stop.
1:27.3	But it's okay to communicate
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