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The Autoimmune RESET
VJ Hamilton is a nutritionist, scientist, and autoimmune disease expert who founded The Autoimmunity Nutritionist Clinic, a Nutritional Therapy and Functional Medicine clinic specialising in autoimmune disease.
VJ combines her lived experience overcoming autoimmune disease symptoms with her knowledge of nutrition, health, biochemistry, and immunology to provide you with the most up-to-date research on autoimmune disease.
The Autoimmune RESET aims to provide you with the education and resources to empower you to take steps to transform your health and feel better than ever.
In each episode, VJ will share simple ways to uplevel your diet and lifestyle, key learnings from her own journey reversing autoimmune disease, and inspirational stories from those who have reset their autoimmune symptoms and are now thriving in life.
Health practitioners, mind and body experts, and scientists will be joining VJ as guests on the show, as well as those who have inspirational stories to share and are now thriving in everyday life!
And don't miss the short episodes every Friday, The Friday 5, in which VJ shares five healthy must-haves for you to explore over the weekend.
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FRIDAY 5 - Oral Allergy Syndrome (and Why It Matters for Autoimmune Health)
In today's Friday 5 episode, VJ explores oral allergy syndrome (OAS) and its connection to pollen allergies. OAS manifests as mild allergic reactions in the mouth and throat after consuming raw fruits, vegetables, or nuts.
These reactions occur due to proteins in these foods resembling those found in specific pollen types.
VJ delves into five common pollen types and their cross-reactive foods: birch, ragweed, grass, mugwort, and latex. Each pollen type has a unique set of cross-reactive foods, highlighting the importance of awareness for individuals managing pollen allergies.
You can read more about Oral Allergy Syndrome in this Cosmopolitan feature here.
If you would like to book a free initial consultation with VJ Hamilton, The Autoimmunity Nutritionist, to find out about allergy testing and how nutritional therapy and functional testing could improve your health, you can book an appointment here.
Learn more about the functional medicine services at The Autoimmunity Nutritionist Clinic here.
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