Are We Making Our Children More Allergic? | Prof Adam Fox

Food allergies are becoming increasingly common, particularly among children. But why is this happening, and what can we do about it?

In this episode I speak to Professor Adam Fox, one of the UK's leading allergy experts, to discover how our gut, skin and immune system work together to determine what we're allergic to - and whether our increasingly Westernised lifestyles and changing microbiomes could be contributing to the rise in allergic disease.

Timestamps

(0:00) Intro - What drives allergies?

(1:35) The birth order effect & clean child theory

(3:08) Does culture affect rises in allergy rates?

(6:36) Are there now more children with food allergies?

(7:07) How does the gut microbiome affect allergies?

(9:01) Exposure to allergens at a young age

(10:43) How the immune system can be supported

(13:42) Seeding the microbiome and the importance of doing it early

(18:15) Dietary and gut intervention examples

(19:47) Should allergies be viewed in isolation from inflammation?

(21:44) What is driving allergy increase in later life?

(23:06) What can be done to avoid allergies in children?

(27:07) How genetics plays a role in allergy formation

(28:13) Can use of anti-histamines have negative effects?

(33:13) How close are we to stopping allergies altogether?

(36:06) Top tips for parents with young children

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