How To Test For Food Allergy SAFELY | Dr. David Fitzhugh

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If you’ve ever wondered about the best way to test for food allergy reactivity (or essentially how sensitive you are to a particular allergen), this episode is for you!
If you’ve thought that you’re either allergic (and thus highly reactive) to specific foods or you’re not, that’s not true. A sliding scale of reactivity or sensitivity exists for IgE food allergies that makes this a bit more complicated.
While food allergy testing isn’t perfect and can sometimes show false positives, many functional medicine practitioners don’t relay information correctly and unfortunately recommend full avoidance of foods that you actually tolerate without issue.
So let’s discuss the best test for food allergy reactivity, how to understand food allergy test results (WITH context), and ways to potentially reduce reactivity to food allergies.
My guest is Dr. David Fitzhugh - an allergist/immunologist in private practice in Chapel Hill, North Carolina specializing in food immunotherapy for children and adults with severe food allergies. He also treats a wide variety of allergic and immunologic conditions, including allergic rhinitis, asthma, atopic dermatitis, mast cell disorders, and anaphylaxis.
LINKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
• Find Dr. Fitzhugh online - www.allergypartners.com/chape...
• Healthy Skin Show ep. 269: Allergy Testing: Everything You Need To Know w/ Dr. Stacy Silvers - www.skinterrupt.com/269
• Healthy Skin Show ep. 327: Demystifying Food Allergy Signs, Symptoms + Skin Rash w/ Dr. Ruchi Gupta - www.skinterrupt.com/327
• Healthy Skin Show ep. 330: Everything You Need To Know About Dairy Allergy (In Food + Skincare Products) w/ Dr. Stacy Silvers - www.skinterrupt.com/330
IN THIS EPISODE:
00:00 Introduction
01:10 Food allergy testing options
04:02 Can serum/blood food allergy tests be wrong?
05:05 Benefits of oral food challenges
07:44 Food sensitivity vs food allergy
13:43 What's riskier: subcutaneous allergy shots or oral food challenges?
17:48 Is it possible to tolerate (to some degree) something you’re allergic to?
22:48 Oral food challenges dos and don’ts
25:16 How to reduce your food allergy reactivity
29:08 Thoughts on elimination diets and food allergies
34:49 Final thoughts
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[@jenfugo]

Have you ever tried an oral food allergy challenge before? What was your experience?

[@Alexandra-uk4vr]

This conversation has been a million times more enlightening than any doctor in my small town in Venezuela. Thank you profusely for taking the time to share this information with us! ❤
Ps. I've stated away from all the histamine rich foods except for plantains, just to see if I tolerate it. 🤞

[@jenfugo]

I'm so glad that this was helpful,! We have other episodes on food allergies if you haven't seen them yet that are also really informative. Let me know if you want to watch them

[@Alexandra-uk4vr]

@@jenfugo When I tell you I'm about to devour this entire channel 😂 truly helpful information, gracias!! ❤

[@sandragill714]

I found it hard to hear what he was saying because of the sound quality. Good video on what I could make out though