Finally, Some good news today. In Australia researchers have uncovered a technique to help people overcome peanut allergies to the point where they can tolerate peanuts, and peanut products, for up to four years! More interestingly, the breakthrough came with use of probiotics. Why is this interesting? What the article doesn't mention is that prior to this time the rapid expansion of peanut allergies, and other food allergies, has been in some significant part, thought to be genetic in nature. The underlying idea and one that we don't gloss over, is that by adding a requirement, in this case gut bacteria, there was a completely altered immunological response to a food. A food that in certain sad circumstances can be deadly. Peanut allergies among children, which are now commonplace, seemed to hardly exist even a few decades ago.
How can that be? How can a problem that is "genetic", such as peanut allergies have been claimed to be, grow exponentially over the last 20 to 30 years. We're not trying to be cynical, in fact we're thrilled at how many lives this will save. However, we can't ignore the facts and miss the bigger picture.
The purpose of this episode is to celebrate a wonderful life-saving achievement and help you understand how you can take the same knowledge and make your life even better. What we covered: How your immune system works and why that's important. How potential food allergies develop in the first place.
What you can do to create a bulletproof immune system. Why probiotics (and other similar action steps) are much bigger than only a cure for peanut allergies.
