Dr. Leo Galland is internationally recognized as a world leader in integrated medicine and a founder of Functional Medicine.

Educated at Harvard University and the NYU School of Medicine, he won the Linus Pauling Award for his trailblazing vision that created a bold new way to practice medicine for thousands of doctors.

Dr. Galland has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, on the Dr. Oz Show, The Today Show, Good Morning America, PBS, CNN, and Fox.

The past spring he released a new book titled The Allergy Solution.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Why have we become so allergic?
• The majority of people in the US today will have an allergic reaction in their lifetime
• Automotive pollution is a major factor contributing to our allergy epidemic
• The relationship between formaldehyde and allergies
• Allergies start in your stomach
• A healthy microbiome has a high level of diversity
• Anti-plaque toothpastes may still contain triclosan
• Eating fast food three times a week increases your risk of developing allergies
• Your diet is essential to having a diverse microbiome
• Having outdoor pets leads to a significant reduction in allergies
• An immune deficiency allows the allergic reactions to become overactive
• The link between stress and allergies
• Allergy means altered reactivity
• An allergic reaction can produce almost any symptom
• 30-40 years ago... it was easier to lose weight and harder to gain weight
• If you have allergies you're more likely to become overweight AND if you're overweight you're more likely to develop allergies
• Two factors that can increase a child's risk of developing a peanut allergy

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