Happy Sunday, y'all.

Elise Hugh here.

Today we are bringing you a Sunday pick where we share an episode of another podcast from

Ted, handpicked by us for you.

For many of us around the world, it's that time of year for allergies.

This raises some interesting questions like, does eating local honey help reduce

allergies through micro exposure to pollen? How effective are at-home allergy tests? And why do

so many Olympic athletes have asthma? In today's episode of TED Health, host Shoshana Ungerlider

sits down with immunologist Dr. Zachary Rubin to dig into these questions and more.

From cat dander to pollen to peanuts, Dr. Rubin discusses how minor to severe allergies can affect your health and what you can do to manage them.

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This is TED Health, a podcast from TED, and I'm your host, Dr. Shoshana Ungerleiter.

I have to make a confession to you.

I was not the biggest fan of the subject of immunology in medical school.

Immunology is what it sounds like, the study of the immune system.

But when I was in school, it felt like trying to memorize a language that I didn't speak.

Antibodies, IGE, mast cells, histamine.

I learned to recite the terms, but honestly, it all felt pretty abstract.

Allergies especially were taught as these isolated moments.

A kid sneezing in the spring,

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