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579: Why Are Allergies on the Rise with Theresa MacPhail

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Lucas Rockwood

Love, Detox, Food, Yogabody, Pranayama, Vegan, Selfimprovement, Self-improvement, Relationships, Meditation, Breathing, Education, Emotions, Mental, Vegetarian, Inspiring, Leader, Balance, Motivating, Weightloss, Flexibility, Habits, Health, Motivation, Yoga, Nutrition

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🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Food allergies are a common and growing problem. To complicate things further, food allergy tests have a fifty percent false positive rate and most general practitioner doctors have just two weeks of allergy training - so you’re often left on your own when trying to diagnose and deal with them. Extreme allergies are rare, but skin problems, digestive issues, headaches, and bowel issues are becoming increasingly common. My guest on this week’s podcast will help you understand more about allergies and what to do about them.

Listen and learn:

  • Why allergies are a huge and growing problem
  • Why most IGG food allergy tests are a waste of time
  • How avoiding foods like peanuts could contribute to the development of an allergy
  • The important difference between an intolerance and an allergy

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ABOUT OUR GUEST

Theresa MacPhail is a medical anthropologist, professor, and writer. She is the author of the book, Allergic: Our Irritated Bodies in a Changing World.

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Food allergies are a common and growing problem to complicate things.

0:06.0

Food allergy tests like you can get from your local nutritionist or sometimes even at

0:11.7

pharmacies or natural health centers.

0:14.2

They have a 50% false positive rate.

0:17.1

To make things even worse, your GP, your medical doctor probably just has about two weeks

0:21.2

of training on allergies and oftentimes that was a decade or more ago, so oftentimes we're

0:26.3

left on our own.

0:27.7

Now extreme allergies are pretty rare like life threatening things or even life altering

0:32.0

things, but skin problems, digestive issues, headaches, bowel issues, these are endemic

0:37.8

and often tied to food sensitivities, food allergies that we don't even know about.

0:42.3

My guest on this week's podcast will help you understand this issue and what to do about

0:46.0

it.

0:47.0

If you're new here, it's the Lucas Rockwood show.

0:48.8

I'm a yoga teacher and trainer, a serial entrepreneur, I'm the father of three kids.

0:53.2

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0:54.2

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0:59.2

doctors, yoga teachers, bring their best teaching and work here so we can live more informed

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lives.

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