The Dr. Oz Show
Airdate: October 16, 2012
Dr. Oz: Could You Have a Hidden Food
Allergy?
What's for dinner?
- Elisabeth Hasselbeck talks symptoms of food allergies
- The Hungry Girl, Lisa Lillien, shares healthy and stress-free meals
- Five grab-n-go food essentials from the Hungry Girl
Could
frequent, or constant, bloat, weight gain, and fatigue all be linked
to a hidden food allergy? Guest Elisabeth Hasselbeck talks to Dr. Oz
about the symptoms of food allergies. The Hungry Girl is back with
health, quick, and most importantly, stress-free recipes to feed your
family.
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Dr. Oz: Could You Have a Hidden
Food Allergy?
Millions of
American's have a food allergy and don't even know it. It's hidden.
The symptoms can creep up us and can be easily attributed to a whole
host of other health issues. How do you know if you have a food
allergy and what can you do about it?
Elisabeth
Hasselbeck, is a co-host on The
View, author Deliciously G-Free: Food So Flavorful They'll
Never Believe It's Gluten-Free gluten-free cookbook, [and The
G-Free Diet: A Gluten-Free Survival Guide, and she also
finished fourth in the 2001 season of Survivor.
Ms.
Hasselbeck struggled with her health for 10 years before finding a
solution. Doctor after doctor kept told her she had IBS or
some other digestive or intestinal issue and would give her drug
after drug without any improvement to her health.
Leaving the doctor's office with a
medication instead of an investigation only addresses the symptom
without finding the cause. Medications have their place however
doctors may not always look into the cause after writing a
prescriptions.
While she was on the reality show
Survivor, her diet was strictly fish and rice and for the first time
in years she felt great. Within a week of leaving the island and
going back to her pre-show diet, Ms. Hasselbeck was sick again.
Research online finally led her to
learning about celiac disease. [A person with celiac disease is
unable to absorb nutrients from food. By eating gluten, the
intestines can cease to function, the immune system goes into
overload, and despite eating a person with celiac can starve.] Once
Ms. Hasselbeck removed gluten from her diet, her health returned, her
body stopped fighting itself. Getting rid of gluten allowed her
thyroid to heal, made all pain go away, and she was able to get
pregnant.
Ms. Hasselbeck wanted to appear on The
Dr. Oz Show again to sound the alarm on hidden food allergies. Women
tend to deal with health issues better than men and when feeling
unwell women often complain less then men. Parents pay more attention
to their children's food but are not putting the same focus on how
food effects adults.
At 23, Ms. Hasselbeck wanted to know
why she felt fatigued, why she was bloated, why she was so off
balance. She's thankful for continuing to ask questions until she
found an answer and she's thankful for doctors like Dr. Oz who take
patient complaints and questions seriously.
Dr. Oz explained that when an allergen
is ingested the body responds immediately and people can feel an
immediate negative reaction. On the other hand, when people have a
more subtle food allergy, the body's reaction is not immediate yet
overtime the reaction to the allergen will fuel a fire in the system
that can effect concentration, sleep, weight issues.
Over 200 million women have a hidden
food allergy, that's more than half the women in America. Ms.
Hasselbeck said we are a distracted society distracted and women
often put off their symptoms to deal with family and work first and
putting themselves last.
Dr. Oz Signs of Hidden Food
Allergies
Dr. Oz has put together form to
determine your level of food sensitivity. Everyone is at risk for a
food allergy, said Ms. Hasselbeck, and the majority of the American
population has some level of food sensitivity.
At the beginning of the process, Ms.
Hasselbeck encourage people to their primary care doctor on board and
let them know what you're doing.
Provide your answers to the questions
on the checker by indicating how frequent symptoms are experienced.
Answer 0 for never experiencing the symptom, 1 for once a week, and 2
for experiencing symptom several times a week.
Dr. Oz: Food Allergy Head and Mood
Symptoms
On a scale of 0 – 2, how often do you
experience the following:
- Headache
- Trouble concentrating
- Anxiety
- Depression
Why do women attach these symptoms to
menstrual cycle or stress? Women have so much to do, said Ms.
Hasselbeck, it's hard to think of having a food allergy and then
think about having to do something about it.
Dr. Oz: Food Allergy Tummy Symptoms
On a scale of 0 – 2, how often do you
experience the following:
- Bloating
- Gas
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
Ms. Hasselbeck calls these symptoms
game changers because they are so strong they will effect how well we
can do what we need to do in a day.
Dr. Oz: Food Allergy Backside
Sensitivity Symptoms
On a scale of 0 – 2, how often do you
experience the following:
- Exhaustion
- Fatigue
- Aching joints
- Skin rash
Dr. Oz said these symptoms sound as
though they can't be related, however in reality they are all
strongly connected to a food allergy.
Add up your answers. A score of 10 or
above is a concern and indicates a potential food allergy. Sixty to
70% of the audience scored themselves at 10 or above on the Symptom
Checker.
Dr. Oz: Uncovering Causes of Food
Allergies
Four of the top food allergens are corn
products, wheat products, dairy products, and peanuts. People can be
allergic to any food, these are the most common.
Ms. Hasselbeck said an elimination
trial is the best route to determining food allergies. Don't cut out
all of the top four allergens at one time because if you do feel
better, which you likely will, you won't know which food caused the
problem. She suggested instead to eliminate one common allergen at a
time to determine how your body responds.
For one week, remove all sources of one
allergen. Start with corn. Eliminate the obvious sources of corn and
then learn to read food labels. Corn can be found in many foods that
people wouldn't consider “corn”. If symptoms persist after
removing corn then it is not the culprit and it can be added back in.
Next, cut out all forms of wheat for
one week including bread, crackers, pasta. Again, read labels to
eliminate all sources of wheat. If no symptoms occur or only reduced
symptoms are experienced then you're one the right track.
Ms. Hasselback found that her health
symptoms nearly vanished when she took out wheat but they did not
entirely vanish so she went further and cut out all gluten. Within
six weeks, she felt like a new person with none of the health issues
she had suffered for over 10 years.
Next food category to eliminate would
be dairy. Dr. Oz said to stay eliminate dairy a month or two to
determine if symptoms go or stay. Do the same when it's time to check
for peanuts, eliminate them for one to two months.
After eliminating a type of food if the
symptoms remain Dr. Oz said the cause could be other foods or other
food combinations. At this point, he recommended seeing a doctor who
specializes in food allergies.
Click
here to read the article Gluten: Could You Be Allergic?
By Neal D. Barnard, MD on DoctorOz.com.
[Click the link to read more from Ms.
Hasselbeck's previous appearance on The Dr. Oz Show:
Dr. Oz: Hungry Girl To The Max
Lisa Lillien, the
Hungry Girl, best
selling author and host of her own cooking show, is back on The
Dr. Oz Show with a new book that she calls the Hungry Girl bible.
Hungry
Girl To The Max features
over 650 recipes including dinners, snacks, and even
cocktails.
Ms. Lillien said she's not a
nutritionist but calls herself a foodologist. She loves to eat and
loves to fit into her clothes and be healthy too.
Many women are busy and they use it as
an excuse to not make healthy home-cooked meals. People also don't
know how to shop. Ms. Lillien surprised women at the grocery store
and showed them how to show.
Brandi shops without a list and ends up
frustrated and without healthy meals. When she gets home there's no
time left in the day to make a healthy meal. Ms. Lillien recommended
keeping a supply of frozen veggies that are pre-chopped and ready to
cook.
Shannon shops for a family of six
without a plan and just buys food that everyone likes. At home she
doesn't know what to do with what she buys.
Ms. Lillien gives a sneak peek into her
own pantry. The Hungry Girl's grab-n-go essentials are designed to
make meal planning simple, quick, and easy.
Dr. Oz - Hungry Girl's Grab-N-Go
Essential #1: Taco and Ranch Seasoning Packets
Seasoning packets can be high in sodium
yet a little goes a long way. They can spice up your tacos but they
can also spice up high-fiber cereal crumbs. Give a creamy texture
without all the fat and calories that are normally associated with
creamy foods.
Dr. Oz - Hungry Girl's Grab-N-Go
Essential #2: Canned Fruits and Veggies
Canned fruits and veggies are
shelf-stable and can make for quick cooking. Look for canned foods
packed in their own juice or in water and avoid canned goods packed
in oil. Studies have shown that canned foods are just as nutritious
as fresh and they are self-stable too.
Dr. Oz - Hungry Girl's Grab-N-Go
Essential #3: Canned Crushed Tomatoes
Many prepared canned tomato-based
sauces, including pasta and pizza sauce, are loaded with sugar, fat,
and sodium. Make your own sauce from a mix of canned crushed tomatoes
and tomato paste without the sugar and sodium.
Dr. Oz - Hungry Girl's Grab-N-Go
Essential #4: Shelf-Stable Almond Milk
Ms. Lillien said to keep shelf-stable
almond milk on hand. Almond milk has half the calories of skim milk,
that's only 40 calories for one cup. Use almond milk to make
smoothies, with cereal, or just to drink.
Dr. Oz - Hungry Girl's Grab-N-Go
Essential #5: Hot Cocoa Packets or Cocoa Powder
Cocoa
powder or hot cocoa packets can be used for baking, to whip up
cocktails, and for chocolate smoothies too.
Bonus Tip from the Hungry Girl:
Instead of eggs or oil use applesauce to reduce the fat and calories
of baked goods.
Dr. Oz: Hungry Girl's Two Tool
Meals
Can you make healthy, tasty, satisfying
meals without a lot of gadgets? Ms. Lillien says you can create
amazing meals with only two kitchen tools.
Short on time? Ms. Lillien says with
heavy-duty aluminum foil and a crock pot you can create healthy,
inexpensive, and flavorful meals for the whole family.
A creamy spinach, artichoke dip is
slathered over chicken breasts which are then sealed in heavy-duty
aluminum foil. Cook at 375F for 20 minutes the chicken is done and
ready to eat. Shannon said it was delicious. Brandi loves that this
is a no mess cooking process.
The Numbers:
Traditional spinach artichoke dip can
have as much as 488 calories per serving.
Hungry
Girl's Spinach Artichoke Chicken comes in with 265 calories per
serving.
Traditional slow-cooked beef calls for
a fatty cut of beef that is slow-cooked in lots of fat creating a
high-calorie meal. Ms. Lillien's recipe calls for a lean cut of
sirloin spiced up with taco seasoning that cooks in the crockpot for
7-8 hours. Then just shred and serve up with veggies.
The Numbers:
Typical
slow-cooked beef has 569 calories per serving.
Hungry
Girl's Slow-Cookin Mexican Beef has only 170 calories per serving
Dr. Oz: Hungry
Girl's Sloppy Jane's
It's not your typical Sloppy Joe, these
are lightened up so they are called Jane's! Use a leaner cut of beef
or go for ground turkey or even ground chicken. Crushed tomatoes
mixed with tomato paste keeps this dish low in sugar and lower in fat
than traditional recipes. The recipe was so simple, Dr. Oz could even
make it!
The Numbers:
Traditional
sloppy joe's sandwich comes in at 685 calories per sandwich.
The
Hungry
Girl's Sloppy Jane's have only 265 calories per sandwich.
The Hungry Girl says to stay away from
shredded cheese and blocks of cheese. Go for mozzarella cheese sticks
instead that can provide a portion controlled snack or shred in the
food processor.
[Click the links to read more from Ms.
Lillien's previous appearances on The Dr. Oz Show:
Dr. Oz: Two Healthy Items On a
Desert Island
If you were stranded on a desert
island, what two healthy items would you bring? What can you not live
without?
Ms. Hasselbeck said she would take Dr.
Oz so he could tell her what to eat and what to avoid.
Lisa on tweeted that she would take
shoes and a super-sized container of peanut butter. Another social
media message said coconut oil and duct tape should be on the list. A
member in the audience said she would bring water purifying tables
and lip gloss – you never know who you're going to meet on the
island.
Dr. Oz would bring beets, for their
iron content, in case he gets cut. Beets would also help him track
his regularity. He would take a knife to cup up onions or perform an
appendectomy, if needed.
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