In this episode:

• The differences between food allergies, food intolerance and fussy eating in toddlers and children
• The theories behind the growing rates of food allergies and intolerances in the Australian community
• The importance of reintroduction of a food into the diet after elimination to test for re-emergence of symptoms
• Constipation and diarrhoea secondary to food allergy or intolerance
• The role of the paediatric dietitian in the investigation and management of food allergy and intolerance

Guest: Dr Brooke Harcourt, Paediatric Dietitian

Host: Dr Terri Foran, Sexual Health Physician

Total time: 25 mins

Recommended resources:

• Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)
  This site has information on food allergy, milk allergy, the make-up of various milk products and substitutes and the ‘milk-ladder’, ‘soy-ladder’, etc. referred to by the speaker.

Disclaimer:
A2 milk or A2 protein only milk, refers to cows’ milk which naturally contains on the A2-type of beta-casein protein and no A1 beta-casein protein