What's a Food Allergy -- and What's Not? | Body Stuff with Dr. Jen Gunter | TED

People often mix up food allergies and food intolerances, even though they require completely different medical treatments. Dr. Jen Gunter explains how allergies quickly trigger the immune system, while intolerances disrupt digestion and can sometimes take days to show up. Learn how to spot the difference and get a better understanding of how your body reacts to food.

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[lesterabastillas]

I've never met people with a peanut allergy in the Philippines, I read somewhere is its partly caused due to exposure, peanuts are a snack and you cannot go anywhere without seeing a nut vendor, because of this people who have mild allergies (non-threatening) their bodies just sort of realised that it isn't a big a threat as once thought and their allergies are gone. I'm not sure if this is factual, but it's been my experience so far (plus I'm too lazy to fact check).

[novianisyamaharanisusanto]

I also have an allergy to shrimp, it started when I was 10 years old. It is true "we should consult a doctor". At first my mother thought I was allergic to all seafood but after being checked it was only shrimp allergy. Allergies that appear when I eat already are the appearance of redness that is very itchy and hot, the worst condition at that time was that I had shortness of breath.

[ElicBehexan]

I went to an allergist in the 1980s and some in the 1990s who gave me tests and I was allergic to a lot of foods. Recently I went to another allergist - my previous one died in 2004 - and he said I wasn't allergic to any of the foods. I'm sorry, if I eat an even microscopic amount of corn, I get sick and I can stay sick until I take one of the shots from my previous allergist.

[shloomyshloms]

I know people who tell waiters they are allergic to food or ingredients because they don't like them, not because they have an actual allergy.

I have also known people who are allergic to (in one case beer) yet every time there was a party there she was chugging beer, and there she went straight to the hospital.

[donnahaynes]

A doctor gave me a list of foods to avoid in order to avoid migraines. I saw a nutritionist to learn more about this. She recommended an allergy test. My mother had told me about having to fast before her allergy test, so called the allergist to confirm whether i needed to fast for some period. They told me nope. eat whatever you want. when I went in for the scratch test, every single thing I had eaten for the past almost 24 hours showed up as a mild to moderate allergic reaction. i abandoned the "migraine diet" the doctor had given me and tried the "allergy diet" that was recommended. The migraines came back full strength. Just thought i'd share my experience.

[perceivedvelocity]

I know someone who self diagnosed gluten allergies. They visited multiple doctors until they found one who gave them the diagnosis that they wanted to hear. A hypochondriac will be told what they want to hear if they work hard enough.

[Tamochi]

Thanks for talking about Coeliac/Celiac Disease 💚 really helps people understand why it's so important for us to be gluten free

[christianwilliams]

What we should be asking ourselves is what caused our gut to be so damaged that it would let undigested proteins get thru our intestine and into our blood, which then gets attacked by our immune system. Food allergies and food sensitivities all starts with a leaky gut, which is caused mainly by our modern day of eating, drinking, and mainly our modern way of farming, and then treating people with chemicals like antibiotics. We have been destroying our guts and gut flora for a few decades now with the chemical revolution. We saw a huge uprise in digestive, and neurological issues at the end of the 1980's when they started spraying glyphosate on wheat to kill it early so they could bring it early to market. Then they started doing the same thing to beans and other grains that has to be dried before harvesting. Now there is so much chemicals in the environment and they purposefully put some more in the food afterwards that the gut has no chance, and simply falls apart.

[FullTimePatient]

So intolerance of most food groups, it is.. thanks for answering my question!

[yusufrosyid]

Very informative, Apparently there are some condition relate with food allergy such as food allergy, food intolrance, ciliax disease👌

[FedJimSmith]

already most of this, but it's nice to pointing out to to who didn't, thanks Ted

[muzzybeat]

"Talk to your doctor." Yeah, because doctors have SO MUCH training in nutrition. I'm pretty sure that most medical degrees require either zero or one course in nutrition. If you do talk to a doctor, find one deeply knowledgeable in nutrition like either Chris Kresser's team or Sarah Ballyntine's or find a local nutritionist who is very oriented towards gut health well (most don't focus on that but focus on outdated academic training).

[Soraviel]

My body doesn't tolerate nuts (allergic to nuts), but it does tolerate chocolate 😶 weird. My body also doesn't tolerate cow's milk. But it loves oatly milk, rice milk and hemp milk.

[youawesome]

"I'm going to prevent something from putting you in danger (not actually dangerous), by putting you in danger!!!

[Field_Ant]

Mast cells don't make antibodies, B-cells and Plasma cells do! 0:51

[LifeisANovel]

Idk what you'd call my allergic. Can't be just shell fish because fish also irritates me. But crab and shrimp has literally sent me to the ER without eating. Just being around it. Last tike the doctor told me if it didn't get better he was about to put me in an induced coma.

[Reohz]

Jokes on me, My body is allergic to itself.

[erickamunoz]

No because I have an allergy to shellfish-ish I actually don’t know genuinely what to call it I just know that I cannot have it because the last two times I did I kept throwing up till I threw up acid puffiness the inside of my throat even before I threw up or hours or even a day it was already still hives extremely itchy and my eyes usually get red No I don’t have like bathroom stomach girl issues I have very much discomfort issues

[phonzy]

This settles it, I’m allergic to berries 😢

[elliewellie_YouTube]

I have a food allergy! Me me me! I'm also super intolerant to aspartame.