In this episode of healthHackers®, Meenal Lele - medical researcher, author of ‘The Baby and The Biome,’ allergy mom, and founder CEO of Lil Mixins - spoke to me about:
🔹How your baby’s risk of developing allergies, asthma, eczema and even IBS can be linked to the gut microbiome
🔹Major players in microbiome dysfunction: antibiotics, pregnancy and baby care, diet, and environment
🔹The age most food allergies develop in children (it’s younger than you think!)
🔹The only proven method to cut the risk of your baby developing food allergies
🔹How Meenal’s son’s number of food allergies jumped from 8 to 10 following oral immunotherapy
🔹Why feeding nuts, peanut, egg, and other allergenic foods in infant-safe powder forms should not interfere with breastmilk or formula
🔹The clinical studies that support early feeding of allergy-causing foods to babies from 4 months
🔹What we’re doing wrong when it comes to diaper changing and washing our babies that can harm to their immune systems
🔹The biggest mistake we’re making with antibiotics
🔹Why eczema can trigger a chain reaction leading to food allergy and asthma
🔹Probiotics - the key strains with evidence for eczema prevention, but WHEN you take them matters
The rapid rise of allergic disease is an issue you already know is personal to me because of my own life-threatening nut allergy.
Among children worldwide, sensitization rates to one or more common allergens is approaching 40%-50%. [WHO]
Meenal’s research has focused on the lifestyle factors we can control to try and reduce our children’s risk.
“You cannot have a disease go from zero to 100 in one generation and call that genetic,” she told me.
Her book, ‘The Baby and The Biome’ is released in September. I encourage every parent (especially parents-to-be) to read it.
Meenal’s company: www.lilmixins.com
I’m currently using the Lil Mixins early allergen feeding packets with my baby in an attempt to help prevent her from developing a severe allergy like mine. My review video about it will be published next month. You’ll be able to see how it’s been going and how I’ve been managing breastfeeding after she’s eaten the packets I’m allergic to. 😫
☞ Meenal is offering healthHackers® viewers and listeners 10% discount on Lil Mixins purchases using the coupon code healthhackers10 when you click here:
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When you use the discount code, healthHackers® receives an amount at no extra cost to you.
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Common sense caution: Not personal or medical advice. You know the score - always talk to your own health provider about your concerns.👌
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