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without first speaking with your doctor. Now, let's head to the show. Hey everyone, let's discuss

food allergies and food reactivity, and more importantly, what you can do to fix it. Thankfully,

there are really two items that underlie most food reactions. So if we can

target those with effective therapeutics, we can improve this reactivity. So let's jump in.

I should draw one important distinction, which is the tactical term of food allergy,

means something that is IG mediated and is more of what you would

expect with anaphylactic or a serious potentially life-threatening reaction. What I'm referring to

in this video are for people who have sensitivities and intolerances. So you eat a food and you

notice brain fog or low mood or that you feel

generally tired, maybe joint pain, skin reactions, reflux, bloating, indigestion, constipation,

maybe even diarrhea. It's this sort of thing with technically what's referred to as

sensitivities and intolerances that I want to help share with you today

the two underlying components that cause this and then correspondingly the couple treatments

that are the most effective in remedying this. And this is something I see a lot of and my clinical

team we work a lot with. So getting people to a point where they can expand their diet and eat more

foods is a huge win. So with that sort of preface in mind, let's jump in. Just to circle back for

one moment to the symptoms that might indicate you're having a reaction to foods, they're pretty

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