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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 
00:00 Allergies are on the rise 
01:30 Quickfire questions 
05:02 Allergies vs intolerances 
06:48 Do allergies only develop in childhood? 
11:18 Why allergic reactions happen 
15:33 Hay fever and asthma  
18:28 How to spot birch pollen allergy 
19:58 Which allergies do children develop? 
26:50 Gideon’s light bulb moment 
32:16 Does eczema play a role? 
36:36 The importance of the gut microbiome 
45:08 How to protect your baby 
50:05 Skin and allergies 
54:06 Should nuts be banned on planes? 
57:49 The 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 
 
 
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  
 
 
 
Early exposure hypothesis: where are we now? published in Clinical and Translational Allergy  
 
 
Randomized Trial of Peanut Consumption in Infants at Risk for Peanut Allergy, published in New England Journal of Medicine  
 
 
 
Randomized Trial of Introduction of Allergenic Foods in Breast-Fed Infants, published in New England Journal of Medicine  
 
 
 
Birch Pollen Immunotherapy by Consumption of Apples, published by AppleCare Project, Interreg Italy Austria  
 
 
 
Food allergy and the gut, published in Nature Reviews Gastroenterology &amp; Hepatology  
 
 
 
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