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Does feeding allergenic foods to your baby freak you out? In this episode we are joined by leading food allergy researcher and author Ruchi Gupta, MD, MPH for a food allergy question and answer session.

From timing of introduction of allergenic foods for babies, to the amounts of protein to be feeding and whether foods are better than supplements for preventing food allergy, Dr. Gupta is answering all of your most frequently asked questions about introducing allergenic foods for babies.

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SUMMARY of episode

In this episode we talk about:

• Prevalence of food allergy in infancy and why the percent of babies at high risk for peanut allergy is lower than you think

• The difference between sensitization and desensitization and why your baby doesn’t react to a food on the first exposure

• Why babies eating MORE foods MORE frequently can help prevent food allergy and how you can make this happen in your family!

LINKS from episode

• Northwestern University Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research is here

• Dr. Ruchi Gupta’s research and faculty page at Northwestern University is here

• Her new book FOOD WITHOUT FEAR website is here

RESEARCH LINKS from the episode

• Recommendations on Complementary Food Instroduction Among Pediatric Practitioners (JAMA open network, 2020) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32804213/

• African American Children are More Likely to be Allergic to Shellfish and Finfish: Findings from FORWARD, a Multisite Cohort Study (J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract, 2021) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33359586/ 

• Knowledge, attitude, and practices of medical clinicians regarding food allergy and anaphylaxis in Hyderabad , India (Ann Allergy Astham Immunol, 2020) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32619591/

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