Many factors increase our risk for food allergies, including certain medications (antibiotics, acid-blockers) that destroy gut flora, stress, and a poor diet. Watch functional medicine expert Mark Hyman, MD, share some causes of food sensitivities.
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There are many things that increase the risk of food allergy. Things like antibiotics which destroy your gut floor, things like stress, drugs that are used all of the time like acid blocking drugs or anti inflammatory drugs., they cause what we call leaky gut or change the gut floor inside your intestines, and that causes problems where the food leaks into your bloodstream and creates inflammation.
Those are the main causes plus poor diet, sugar, and too much processed foods, not enough fiber, not enough vegetables to create a healthy intestinal environment, because when that environment breaks down, that's when you get food allergies.
Mark Hyman, MD is a physician, New York Times bestselling author, and an international leader in functional medicine. He is also founder and medical director of The UltraWellness Center.
