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>>> HAVE
>>> HAVE YOU EVER HAD A STOMACH ACHE?
ACHE?
ACHE? YOU
ACHE? YOU MAY HAVE A FOOD INTOLERANCE.
DR. PAIGE KASAI JOINS US.
>> A SMALL AMOUNT OF FOOD CAN
CAUSE A BIG REACTION, SOMETIME
REALLY QUICKLY.
REALLY QUICKLY. YOU GET SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND
LOW BLOOD PRESSURE.
>> THAT IS WHEN YOU SHOULD GO
TO THE EMERGENCY?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. MOST PEOPLE WITH EXTREME FOOD
ALLERGY WILL HAVE AN EPI-PEN.
A FOOD INTOLERANCE IS USUALLY
CONNECTIONED TO A ENZYME.
THERE ARE PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES
LIKE FOOD PHOBIAS.
BUT IN GENERAL, FOOD SENSISTS
ARE IN THE GI TRACT SO PEOPLE
CAN HAVE BLOATING, GAS,
HEARTBURN AND DIE VIA.
>> ARE THERE MORE SPECIFIC
THINGS THAT CAUSE FOOD
INTOLERANCE.
INTOLERANCE. >>
>>
>> >>
>> >> COMMON THINGS ARE GLUTEN,
DAIRY AND ALCOHOL.
OTHER ALLERGIES ARE LIKE
PEANUTS, TREE NUTS AND
SHELLFISH.
SHELLFISH. >> ARE THEY THINGS THAT CAN
RAMP UP AS YOU GET OLDER?
>> WELL, IN PARTICULAR WITH
LACTOSE, IT IS INTERESTING.
MOST PEOPLE THAT HAVE A LACTOSE
INTOLERANCE WHEN THEY AGE THEY
DON'T MAKE IT THE ENZYMES
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. BUT THEN A LOT OF PEOPLE TURN
THAT OFF.
THAT OFF.
THAT OFF. IT IS CALLED LACTOSE
NONPERSISTENT. >> CAN ALLERGIES
WORK THAT SAME WAY THAT YOU
DEVELOP AN ALLERGY DEVELOP INTO
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. >>I SEE ALLERGIES DEVELOP ALL
THE TIME BUT IT IS NOT LIKE A
SPECIFIC LIKE YOUR GENES STOP
MAKING SOMETHING.
MAKING SOMETHING. WITH ALLERGIES IT IS STRICT
AVOIDANCE.
AVOIDANCE. BECAUSE THEY CAN BE
UNPREDICTABLE AND YOU CAN HAVE
THIS REALLY STRONG REACTION,
THAT MEANS THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE
ANYONE.
ANYONE.
ANYONE. IF PUFF A PEANUT ALLERGY AND
SOMETHING PROCESSED IN A PLANT
THAT HAS PEANUTS IN IT, THAT
COULD BE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER A
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE.
RESPONSE. >> FOR FOOD INTOLERANCE, IS IT
THE SAME THING, AVOIDANCE?
>> SOMETIMES WE CAN HAVE A
SMALL AMOUNT.
SMALL AMOUNT. SOME PEOPLE CAN TOLERATE A REAL
SMALL AMOUNT.
SMALL AMOUNT. SO GENERAL AVOIDANCE IS THE
TREATMENT.
TREATMENT. >> AND ALLERGIES ARE SOMETHING
THAT WE SHOULD BE TAKING
SERIOUSLY.
SERIOUSLY. BUILD THIS IS A SERIOUS LIFE
AND DEATH MATTER FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. >> IT IS.
>> IT IS.
>> IT IS. >> ARE ELIMINATION DIETS A GOOD
WAY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT FOODS
ARE BOTHERING YOU?
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
IF YOU SEE YOUR DOCTOR, YOU
TALK ABOUT YOUR SYMPTOMS.
SOME CAN BE VAGUE OR FLOATING
OR GASSINESS.
OR GASSINESS. THEY SAY WE CANNOT FIND MAKING
IT IS WRONG.
USUALLY REMOVE MOST COMMON
FOODS.
FOODS.
FOODS. SO
FOODS. SO GLUTEN, SOY, DAIRY AND
ALCOHOL REMOVED FOR A PERIOD OF
TIME AND WE ADD ONE THING BACK
IN.
IN.
IN. DO
IN. DO YOU HAVE A REACTION TO BE
THIS?
THIS?
THIS? >>
THIS? >> WHEN DO WE KNOW THAT WE NEED
TO GET SOMETHING OUT OF OUR
DIET AND GO TO THE DOCTOR?
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS THAT WE'RE
HAVING REAL PROBLEMS?
>> I THINK ANYTIME YOU'RE
HAVING ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON
LONGER THAN A COUPLE WEEKS, YOU
NEED HAVE THEM CHECKED.
BUT IF WE CHECKED THROUGH
THINGS AND EVERYTHING IS GONE,
YOU MAY CONSIDER DOING AN
ELIMINATION.
ELIMINATION. >> HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> I USUALLY TAKE THINGS OUT
FOR TWO HE CAN WEEK.
I ADD ONE THINGS BACK AT A
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. I'LL HAVE THEM HAVE A LITTLE
BIT OF EGG THREE TIME IN ONE
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. IF
DAY. IF THEY DON'T HAVE ANY
SYMPTOMS, YOU CAN KEEP THAT IN
THE DIET.
THE DIET.
THE DIET. IF YOU HAVE A REACTION, YOU
TAKE THAT BACK OUT OF YOUR
DIET.
DIET.
DIET. >>
DIET. >> IS IT THERE ANY OTHER
TREATMENT THAT WOULD GO ALONG
WITH THIS?
WITH THIS? >> THERE ARE NOT REAL
TREATMENTS FOR FOOD ALLERGIES.
YOU HAVE TO AVOID.
SOME ALLERGIES CAN GROW OUT OF
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. TREE NUTS ARE OFTEN LIFELONG.
>> MENTIONED THE ENZYMES.
IF YOU'RE INTOLERANT OF THE
FOOD, IS IT POSSIBLE TO TAKE IT
AND EAT THE FOOD.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL TAKE
LACK TAKE LA