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Have you heard the recommendation to wait 3-5 days between trying new foods with your baby? Did you know that there is no evidence or research to back this guidance up? In fact, waiting unnecessarily long periods of time between new foods all but ensures that babies WON’T get the diet diversity that other research shows they really NEED to succeed with growth and development.

Introducing 1 new food per day is perfectly safe for your baby. Carina Venter, PhD, RD is joining me on this interview to tell you why you do NOT need to wait 3-5 days between new foods for your baby. And if that’s the recommendation you’re hearing from your pediatrician, Carina also breaks down why doctors are still perpetuating this outdated notion despite the emerging body of literature that supports more rapid exposure to new foods. 

Carina Venter is one of the most recognized authorities in the area of pediatric food allergy prevention and research. She’s on many of the nutrition advisory panels that study the evidence about starting solids and put forth recommendations for new food and allergenic food introduction. If you’re not already convinced that babies can eat a greater variety of foods than most doctors would give them credit for, this interview with Carina Venter is going to make a believer out of you too!

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SUMMARY of episode

In this episode, I’m joined by Carina Venter, Ph.D., RD!

Dr. Venter talks about:

• The importance of diet diversity

• Why some pediatricians recommend waiting 3-5 days between all new foods

• Emerging and current research on allergen introduction and allergy prevention

LINKS from episode

• Follow Carina Venter, PhD, RD on Twitter

• More info about Carina’s work on her homepage

• View Dr. Venter’s allergy-related research publications

• Dietitians earn your FARE Certificate of Training in Pediatric Food Allergy in this 9-month (32 CPE) course Carina co-teaches for FARE

• Dietitians join IDANA: International Network for Diet and Nutrition in Allergy here

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RESEARCH links from the episode

• Samady, W., Campbell, E., Aktas, O. N., Jiang, J., Bozen, A., Fierstein, J. L., ... & Gupta, R. S. (2020). Recommendations on complementary food introduction among pediatric practitioners. JAMA network open, 3(8), e2013070-e2013070.  

• Johnson, J. L., Gupta, R. S., Bilaver, L. A., Hu, J. W., Martin, J., Jiang, J., ... & Togias, A. (2020). Implementation of the Addendum Guidelines for Peanut Allergy Prevention by US allergists, a survey conducted by the NIAID, in collaboration with the AAAAI. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 146(4), 875-883. 

• Fleischer, D. M., Chan, E. S., Venter, C., Spergel, J. M., Abrams, E. M., Stukus, D., ... & Greenhawt, M. (2020). A Consensus Approach to the Primary Prevention of Food Allergy Through Nutrition: Guidance from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology; American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology; and the Canadian Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33250376/ 

• Togias, A., Cooper, S. F., Acebal, M. L., Assa’ad, A., Baker, J. R., Beck, L. A., ... & Fleischer, D. M. (2017). Addendum guidelines for the prevention of peanut allergy in the United States: report of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-sponsored expert panel. Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 13(1), 1-20.

• Schroer, B., Groetch, M., Mack, D. P., & Venter, C. (2020). Practical Challenges and Considerations for Early Introduction of Potential Food Allergens for Prevention of Food Allergy. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

• Venter, C., Hasan Arshad, S., Grundy, J., Pereira, B., Bernie Clayton, C., Voigt, K., ... & Dean, T. (2010). Time trends in the prevalence of peanut allergy: three cohorts of children from the same geographical location in the UK. Allergy, 65(1), 103-108.

• Koplin, J. J., Peters, R. L., Dharmage, S. C., Gurrin, L., Tang, M. L., Ponsonby, A. L., ... & Allen, K. (2016). Understanding the feasibility and implications of implementing early peanut introduction for prevention of peanut allergy. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 138(4), 1131-1141.

  
  

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