Why Food Allergies Are Everywhere, and How to Prevent Them

Pressure Cooker

EpisodeJan 31, 202450m

Why Food Allergies Are Everywhere, and How to Prevent Them

Pressure Cooker

EpisodeJan 31, 202450m

Peanut butter sandwiches were once the go-to brown bag lunch. But since the 1990s, food allergies in children have tripled. Jane and Liz plunge into the research that explains (finally) why this is happening and talk to Dr. Ruchi Gupta of Northwestern University about new recommendations for how to help prevent allergies in our kids. Additional resources The Center for Food Allergy and Asthma Research: Dr. Gupta’s center with links to a ton of peer-reviewed articles and advice Food Allergy and Research Education: Education and Advocacy Resource Center The LEAP Study: Which changed our view of how to introduce peanuts to kidsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Feeding a family is among the most basic of human responsibilities. So why do we so often feel like we’re failing at it? On Pressure Cooker, veteran journalists Jane Black and Liz Dunn dish out empathy and common-sense strategies for busy parents navigating manipulative marketing messages, impossible cultural expectations, and little people with big personalities as they try to set their children on a healthy path for life. Sales and Distribution by Lemonada Media https://lemonadamedia.com/

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