Your Food Allergy Questions Answered with Ron Sunog, MD

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Introducing allergenic food to your baby early and often can help lower the risk of food allergy. In this episode pediatrician Dr. Ron Sunog is answering some common questions about allergenic foods. What causes an allergic reaction? What do allergic reactions look like? How much of an allergenic food “counts” and how often do we have to feed these foods?

SUMMARY OF EPISODE

In this episode we’re talking about:

• Which foods are most likely to cause food allergy reactions

• The best thing to do as parents to lower your baby’s risk of food allergy

• How to identify a food allergy reaction…and what to do

ABOUT THE GUEST

• Dr. Ron Sunog is a pediatrician with an interest in using food to prevent food allergy

• He is the author of the book EAT THE EIGHT on introducing allergenic foods to babies

OTHER EPISODES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Episode 227 - When Does the Food Allergy Prevention Window Close? with @allergykidsdoc David Stukus, MD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/227 

• Episode 286 - Is My Baby Dairy Intolerant? Food Protein Induced Allergic Proctocolitis (FPIAP) with Marion Groetch, MS, RDN https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/286 

• Episode 58 - What do I do if My Baby Has an Allergic Reaction? with Ron Sunog, MD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/58  

• Episode 123 - HELP! My Baby has a Contact Rash from a New Food with Ron Sunog, MD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/123 

• Episode 128 - Introducing Allergenic Foods: Ask Us Anything with Ron Sunog, MD and Katie Ferraro, MPH, RDN, CDE https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/128 

• Episode 216 - Food Allergy & Kids: What’s New and Notable with Ron Sunog, MD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/216 

• Episode 226 - Allergenic Foods: Why Your Pediatrician Isn’t Talking About This with Ron Sunog, MD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/226 

• Bonus Episode - Is it Safe to Introduce Allergenic Foods During COVID-19 with Ron Sunog, MD https://blwpodcast.com/episodes/bonus/covid 

LINKS FROM EPISODE

• Dr. Sunog’s book EAT THE EIGHT is a great resource for how to safely introduce allergenic foods https://eattheeight.com/ 

• Katie & Dr. Sunog co-teach an allergenic foods course called EAT THE EIGHT…and more and you can learn about that here: https://www.foodallergyclass.com/  

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