31 min
Eating safely at restaurants despite food allergy - can OIT help? Food Allergy and Your Kiddo
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- Parenting
Eating away from home is one of the most stressful situations food allergy families can experience. No matter how much you trust the restaurant and how fantastic its people are, the worry of allergen accidentally getting into your kiddo's food is always there to some degree.
And how much of that allergen would cause an allergic reaction? A microgram? A milligram?
In this episode, I go through the super interesting article "Risk of shared equipment in restaurants for consumers with peanut allergy: a simulation for preparing Asian foods" from the peer-reviewed journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
Relevant here is immunotherapy, such as oral immunotherapy (OIT). Immunotherapy can make kiddos with food allergy more tolerant of the allergen. This means a kiddo would be less likely to have an allergic reaction when ingesting allergen.
But does that tolerance translate into real world benefits, like improving safety while eating at a restaurant? Tune in to this episode to hear what this article's researchers found!
And visit the infoblog for the link to the article and more information on safe eating strategies and on immunotherapy!
And, of course, Merry Christmas!
~Dr. Hoyt
What's your food allergy question? Subscribe to our newsletter to ask your questions!
Looking for one-on-one time with a food allergist to finally get your food allergy questions answered? Sign up for Food Allergy Office Hours for Parents!
Engage with us on Instagram!
Are you in need of an allergist in your area?
AAAAI Allergist Finder
ACAAI Allergist Finder
OIT Allergist Finder
Would like to become a patient? Reach out to the Institute!
Does your kiddo's school need help with medical emergency response planning? Check out the non-profit Code Ana.
This podcast is the official podcast of the Hoyt Institute of Food Allergy. Information on, within, and associated with this site and Food Allergy and Your Kiddo is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice.
Eating away from home is one of the most stressful situations food allergy families can experience. No matter how much you trust the restaurant and how fantastic its people are, the worry of allergen accidentally getting into your kiddo's food is always there to some degree.
And how much of that allergen would cause an allergic reaction? A microgram? A milligram?
In this episode, I go through the super interesting article "Risk of shared equipment in restaurants for consumers with peanut allergy: a simulation for preparing Asian foods" from the peer-reviewed journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
Relevant here is immunotherapy, such as oral immunotherapy (OIT). Immunotherapy can make kiddos with food allergy more tolerant of the allergen. This means a kiddo would be less likely to have an allergic reaction when ingesting allergen.
But does that tolerance translate into real world benefits, like improving safety while eating at a restaurant? Tune in to this episode to hear what this article's researchers found!
And visit the infoblog for the link to the article and more information on safe eating strategies and on immunotherapy!
And, of course, Merry Christmas!
~Dr. Hoyt
What's your food allergy question? Subscribe to our newsletter to ask your questions!
Looking for one-on-one time with a food allergist to finally get your food allergy questions answered? Sign up for Food Allergy Office Hours for Parents!
Engage with us on Instagram!
Are you in need of an allergist in your area?
AAAAI Allergist Finder
ACAAI Allergist Finder
OIT Allergist Finder
Would like to become a patient? Reach out to the Institute!
Does your kiddo's school need help with medical emergency response planning? Check out the non-profit Code Ana.
This podcast is the official podcast of the Hoyt Institute of Food Allergy. Information on, within, and associated with this site and Food Allergy and Your Kiddo is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice.
31 min