While Heather Moday, M.D., is an allergist and immunologist. Through treating her patients with immunodeficiencies, she's noticed how her patient's diets and lifestyles affect the health of their immune systems.

mindbodygreen's founder and co-CEO, Jason Wachob, sat down with Moday for this week’s episode of the podcast to discuss vitamin deficiencies, what's really causing our allergies, and other common ailments she sees most in her functional medicine practice. If you've ever wondered why nuts are so allergenic or if there's such thing as good inflammation, you'll want to tune into this one.

Moday received her medical degree from Tulane Medical School in New Orleans. She completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in allergy and immunology. She completed a fellowship in integrative medicine with the Arizona Integrative Medicine program and is board-certified in integrative and holistic medicine. She completed her functional medicine training with the Institute for Functional Medicine and the Kalish Functional Medicine Fellowship. She started the Moday Center for Functional and Integrative Medicine in Philadelphia where she practices both traditional medicine and integrative medicine.

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144: How to protect your immune system with Heather Moday, M.D.