Using an Egg Ladder for Babies with Egg Allergy with Carina Venter, PhD, RD

May 6, 2021

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#124: What if your baby has had an allergic reaction to egg? Is there ever the option that the baby can eat eggs again? Yes. And an egg ladder may help.

Carina Venter, noted allergy researcher and dietitian is joining me to talk about using an egg ladder for babies with egg allergy. She is a member of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Guidelines Group who recently published revised guidelines on the prevention and development of food allergy in infants and young children.

In this episode Carina is talking about why ladders are used more frequently outside of the US than in (she also published the first ever ladder for dairy, the MAP and subsequent iMAP) and how to talk to your practitioner if they’ve never heard of an egg ladder but you are interested in using an egg ladder.

Be sure to check the shownotes for this episode for all of the research documents and guidelines Carina is mentioning in this episode. It’s a lot. But if your baby has an egg allergy I think you’re really going to appreciate this interview with Carina Venter, PhD, RD.

Listen to this episode to learn:

The difference between egg allergy and egg intolerance and why egg intolerance isn’t actually even a “thing”.
Why if your baby has been given a diagnosis of egg allergy it might be possible to sensitive baby to egg and eventually have your baby consume egg safely in the future
How medical care and education about food allergy nutrition differs in countries outside of the US...and how to talk to your pediatric provider if you want to give the egg ladder a go but your doctor doesn’t know what you’re talking about.

Shownotes for this episode can be found here:

https://www.babyledweaning.co/podcast/124

Links from This Episode:

Carina was previously on the podcast in Episode 84: Why You Don’t Need to Wait 3-5 Days Between Trying New Foods
International Milk Allergy in Primary Care (iMAP) Guideline
Irish Egg ladder
British Egg Ladder
Link to course from FARE she teaches with Marion - dietitian “celebrity” allergists
Eat Paper (this was the one Carina was discussing that had reported “poor compliance” because of boiled egg)
Follow Carina Venter, PhD, RD on twitter: https://twitter.com/ventercarina
Instagram (stalk her and find this) - one she doesn’t know how to access Carina Venter PhD RD (@VenterCarina) / X
View Dr. Venter’s allergy-related research publications here: Carina Venter | Colorado PROFILES
Dietitians earn your FARE Certificate of Training in Pediatric Food Allergy in this 9-month (32 CPE) course Carina co-teaches for FARE
Dietitians join IDANA: International Network for Diet and Nutrition in Allergy here

Using an Egg Ladder for Babies with Egg Allergy with Carina Venter, PhD, RD

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