Everything Nickel Allergy & The Low Nickel Diet w/ Matthew Zirwas, MD

Laura Duzett is the author of "The Low Nickel Diet: A Cookbook & Guide: A Holistic Approach to Systemic Nickel Allergy", a medical student with systemic nickel allergy, a certified Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, and a certified GAPS practitioner. In this video Laura asks board-certified dermatologist and contact allergy expert Dr. Matthew Zirwas, MD all the questions the online nickel allergic community has asked (that we had time for)! From the importance of gut health and nickel allergy, it's connection to IBS (40%+ of IBS sufferers test positive to nickel allergy!), to LTT testing, to the best supplements (including a discussion of EDTA!), and about the cookbook and guide.

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:48 Intro to Dr. Matthew Zirwas, MD
3:50 What is nickel allergy?
4:40 What are the common symptoms?
7:20 Why is there mostly dermatological research on this only?
8:05 People with irritable bowel symptoms (IBS)
10:00 If someone is allergic to nickel on their skin do they need to eat a low nickel diet?
11:12 Only 50% of nickel allergic folk get the skin symptoms
12:00 How long should someone try the low nickel diet?
13:09 What supplements do you recommend? Vitamin C, Iron?
14:10 Di-Sodium EDTA: A chelator of nickel discussion.
16:16 EDTA dosing
18:34 Do you recommend any probiotics?
24:30 What is the role of gut health in nickel allergy?
25:38 The immune system response in the gut to nickel allergy
28:30 How little nickel do we need to eat?
30:00 Laura’s experience with dyshidrotic eczema and starting the low nickel diet
32:29 Do you have to be on this diet your whole life or can you be cured? A discussion of T-cells reacting to nickel.
36:00 Research to show if you reduce exposure, reactivity goes down over time.
36:10 The Italian research showing nickel sensitization could potentially cure nickel allergy but Dr. Zirwas wasn’t able to replicate.
38:20 Laura’s reactivity has significantly reduced after low nickel diet for a few years.
39:17 Dr. Zirwas’ cat, Cinnamon, makes a cameo
40:07 Is the low nickel diet is unhealthy? Fiber? Heart disease?
42:25 How Laura developed her version of the Low Nickel Diet? Low FODMAP, Low Carb, Mediterranean Diet, etc.
46:00 Gut permeability discussion
46:45 Dishwasher rinse-aids major driver of SIBO, poor gut health due to film disruption
49:46 The connection between piercings and correlation with likelihood you will sensitize to nickel research.
53:00 Smoking cigarettes increases your chance of sensitizing to nickel. Not alcohol intake.
53:50 Connection between cannibis and nickel allergy?
54:48 Focus on getting your inflammation down before focusing too much on whether or not the low nickel diet is your ideal healthy diet.
55:44 What about the trauma connection with nickel allergy?
59:16 What about metal implants? Should we be cautious? Should they be removed? Do they cause nickel sensitivity?
1:03:58 Should I get dental fillings removed? Braces?
1:06:30 LTT testing? Is it accurate?
1:08:50 If you think you have this allergy, what should they do and who should they get help from? Patch testing discussion.
1:18:00 hydroponic vegetables
1:20:00 Where to get the book? Paperback, ebook, hardback.

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