WELCOME
WELCOME BACK TO NEW DAY. RESEARCHERS ESTIMATE ABOUT 15
MILLION PEOPLE IN THE U.S. HAVE
FOOD ALLERGIES, INCLUDING
NEARLY 6 MILLION CHILDREN.
WE WANTED TO LEARN ABOUT THE
LATEST IN DEALING WITH THESE
ALLERGIES.
ALLERGIES. A NUTRITIONIST WILL JOIN ME
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. WE
NOW. WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FOOD
ALLERGIES AND INTOLERANCE.
>> NUMBER ONE, FOOD ALLERGIES
CAN BE DEADLY WHEREAS FOOD
INTOLERANCES MIGHT CREATE SOME
VERY UNPLEASANT SYMPTOMS, BUT
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KILL YOU.
>> YOU NEED TO KNOW WHICH IS
WHICH.
WHICH.
WHICH. THESE ARE THE TOP EIGHT FOOD
ALLERGENS.
ALLERGENS. MILK, EGGS, FISH, SHELLFISH,
TREE NUTS, PEANUTS, WEEDS AND
SOYBEANS.
SOYBEANS.
SOYBEANS. -- WEEDS -- WHEAT AND SOYBEANS.
>> SESAME BEANS -- SESAME SEEDS
ARE STARTING TO COME UP.
>> WHY WOULD THAT BE?
>> I AM NOT SURE.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY CONCLUSIVE
ANSWERS TO THAT, BUT THOSE ARE
THE BIG WINS -- ONCE PEOPLE ARE
ALLERGIC TO.
ALLERGIC TO. WITH KIDS, IF KIDS ARE ALLERGIC
TO MILK OR EGGS OR WHEAT, THEY
OFTEN OUTGROW THEM WHERE IS
ALLERGIES TO SHELLFISH, FISH,
TREE NUTS AND PEANUTS STICK FOR
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. >>
LIFE. >> MINE IS A SHELLFISH.
-- THE SHELLFISH.
HOW DO WE KNOW WE ARE ALLERGIC
TO SOMETHING AS OPPOSED TO THE
INTOLERANCE?
INTOLERANCE? FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE ARE LACTOSE
INTOLERANT.
INTOLERANT. >> FOR WHAT THEY, ALLERGIES,
TRUE FOOD ALLERGIES, THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM REACTS BADLY TO A
SUBSTANCE, USUALLY A PROTEIN
AND THAT SPECIFIC FOOD THAT IT
DETECTS AS A FOREIGN INVADER.
FOOD INTOLERANCES ARE USUALLY
LOCALIZED TO THE DIGESTIVE
SYSTEM, WHEREAS FOOD ALLERGIES
HE COULD HAVE VOMITING OR
PROJECTILE VOMITING BUT USUALLY
IT IS SKIN SYMPTOMS AND IN
SEVERE CASES, ANAPHYLACTIC
SHOCK WHERE YOU CAN OPERATES.
-- CANNOT BREATHE.
>> HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE
INTRODUCING FOOD TO KIDS IF
THEY HAVE AN ALLERGY?
>> YOU LOOK FOR SYMPTOMS, AND
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO TALK
TO YOUR PEDIATRICIAN ABOUT.
WITH PEANUTS, THEY THOUGHT YOU
SHOULD DELAY INTRODUCTION, BUT
NOW THEY REALIZE THAT PROBABLY
CREATED MORE ALLERGIES BECAUSE
KIDS WERE FIRST EXPOSED LATER
AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM DID NOT
KNOW WHAT TO DO.
>> WHEN YOU SAY CREATING
ALLERGIES, THIS IS WHERE I GET
CONFUSED.
CONFUSED.
CONFUSED. DID I DEVELOP AN ALLERGY?
CAN IT GO AWAY?
WHAT IS THE MECHANISM?
>> IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE
PEOPLE CAN DEVELOP FOOD
ALLERGIES IN ADULTHOOD, USUALLY
IN THE 30s, AND WOMEN ARE MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO THAT.
>> WE ARE ALWAYS MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE.
SUSCEPTIBLE. >> FOR CHILDHOOD FOOD ALLERGIES
IT IS BOYS.
>> THAT IS INTERESTING.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN KIDS
DEVELOP A FOOD ALLERGY, THEY
NEVER DEVELOPED THE TOLERANCE
TO THAT FOOD, WHEREAS WHEN
ADULTS DEVELOP A FOOD ALLERGY
AND ALL THE SUDDEN HAVE A
HORRIBLE REACTION, WE LOSE THE
TOLERANCE.
TOLERANCE. THEY ARE NOT SURE WHY.
>> HOW ARE WE TREATING THESE
THINGS?
THINGS?
THINGS? >> THERE IS NOT REALLY A GOOD
TREATMENT FOR FOOD ALLERGIES.
THERE ARE SOME CLINICAL STUDIES
GOING ON TO SEE IF THERE IS A
WAY TO SENSITIZE PEOPLE, LIKE
INTRODUCE SMALL AMOUNT SO THEY
CAN BUILD TOLERANCE, BUT IT IS
STILL VERY MUCH IN THE CRITICAL
TRIAL PHASE AND NOT READY FOR
PUBLIC CONSUMPTION YEAH, SO TO
SPEAK.
SPEAK.
SPEAK. BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS, AT
SOMEBODY KNOWS WHEN THEY EAT
SOMETHING THEY HAVE A REACTION,
FIND OUT WHAT IT IS.
TALK YOUR DOCTOR, SEE IF YOU
NEED TO SEE AN ALLERGIST
BECAUSE IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT
TO DISTINGUISH WHAT IS GOING ON
BECAUSE ALLERGIES CAN BE FATAL.
>> THEY CAN.
SELECT THE PEOPLE ARE WALKING
AROUND WITH EPIPENS JUST IN
CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS.
IT MIGHT BE HARD IF YOU HAVE
HAD A MEAL AND ARE NOT SURE
WHAT IT IS, SO LET'S SAY THAT
IS HAPPENED.
IS HAPPENED. YOU HAVE MOUTH TINGLING OR
SWELLING. WE GO TO THE DOCTOR,
AND WHAT DO YOU DO?
>> AN ALLERGIST, THEY CAN
EITHER DO A SKIN TEST TO SEE IF
YOU REACT TO CERTAIN FOODS.
YOU CAN DO BLOOD TESTING, BUT
THAT HAS TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE.
THEY CAN ALSO GUIDE YOU THROUGH
AN ELIMINATION DIET TO SEE WHAT
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS.
HAPPENS. SOMETIMES THEY WILL DO A
SUPERVISED ORAL CHALLENGE WHERE
THEY HAVE YOU TRIED THE FOOD
AND A RIGHT THERE IS SOMETHING
HAPPENS AND INTERVENE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO TRY THAT AT
HOME.
HOME.
HOME. >>
HOME. >> IN THE INTERVENTION IS WHAT?
>> THE INTERVENTION IF YOU'RE
HAVING A SEVERE REACTION WOULD
BE THE EPIPEN.
OTHERWISE, IT IS AVOIDING THE
FOOD.
FOOD.
FOOD. THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO
MAKE IT WHERE PEOPLE CAN MAYBE
REESTABLISH THE ABILITY TO
TOLERATE FOODS, BUT THEY ARE
WORKING ON IT.
OTHERWISE, AVOIDANCE.
OTHERWISE, AVOIDANCE. THAT IS ANOTHER BIG DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ALLERGIES AND
INTOLERANCES, WHEN YOU HAVE A
FOOD ALLERGY, YOU CANNOT EVEN
HAVE A SPEC.
IF YOU'RE ALLERGIC TO STRIPS,
YOU CANNOT PICK IT OUT OF A
SALAD AND BE FINE.
IF YOU ARE INTOLERANT TO
SOMETHING, HAVING A TINY AMOUNT
MIGHT NOT PROVOKE SYMPTOMS.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ARE THE
SYMPTOMS FOR INTOLERANCE?
I'M GOING THROUGH MY DAY, WHAT
WOULD I BE FEELING IF THERE'S
SOMETHING IN MY DIET THAT
SHOULD GO AWAY?
>> SYMPTOMS OF OTHER TYPES OF
INTOLERANCES TEND TO BE MORE
DIGESTIVE.
DIGESTIVE. >> NAUSEA?
>> NAUSEA? >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS A LITTLE
NEBULOUS.
NEBULOUS.
NEBULOUS. IT IS REALLY HARD TO PIN IT
DOWN.
DOWN.
DOWN. INTOLERANCES THAT ARE NOT A
TRUE ALLERGY, IT IS A SOMETHING
ABOUT THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT
ENZYME TO DIGEST IT, LIKE
LACTOSE INTOLERANCE, WHICH IS
PROBABLY THE EASIEST ONE TO
SELF DIAGNOSE.
SELF DIAGNOSE. IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS.
>> AND THEY JUST STAY AWAY FROM
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> I HAVE HAD SOME PEOPLE COME
IN AND SOME PATIENTS SAY THEY
ARE ALLERGIC TO MILK, BUT THEN
THEY TALK ABOUT EATING YOGURT,
AND IT IS LIKE, YOU ARE
INTOLERANT.
INTOLERANT. >> THERE IS AN EDUCATIONAL
PROCESS.
PROCESS.
PROCESS. THERE ARE MANY MYTHS THAT NEED
TO BE BUSTED.
>> ONE OF THEM IS THAT YOU CAN
SELF DIAGNOSE I KNOW YOU
ABSOLUTELY CAN'T.
ABSOLUTELY CAN'T. IT IS PRETTY HARD TO GET A FIRM
DIAGNOSIS SOMETIMES.
DIAGNOSIS SOMETIMES. THAT IS ONE REASON WHY, EVEN
THOUGH THERE IS A SENSE AMONG
EXPERTS THAT THE PREVALENCE OF
FOOD ALLERGIES IS INCREASING,
IT IS HARD TO PIN IT DOWN
BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE SELF
DIAGNOSE.
DIAGNOSE.
DIAGNOSE. THEY SAY I HAVE A FOOD ALLERGY,
MAYBE THEY DON'T.
OR THEY DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE
ONE AND JUST THINK THEY ARE
INTOLERANT BECAUSE THEIR
REACTION HAS NOT GONE TO THE
POINT OF ANAPHYLAXIS.
>> WE HOPE NOBODY DOES, BUT
THOSE ARE THINGS TO WATCH OUT
FOR.
FOR.
FOR. IT
FOR. IT IS BEST TO FOLLOW UP WITH
YOUR PHYSICIAN IF YOU HAVE
EITHER OF THESE THINGS GOING ON
AND FIGURE IT OUT.
>> DON'T GUESS.
DO NOT TRY TO SELF DIAGNOSE.
>> --
>> --
>> -- >>>
>> -- >>> NEXT, VOTING DAY IS ALMOST
HERE.
HERE.
HERE. WHAT YOU NEED TO