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    Good Food

    Can Wheat Kill You?

    Running a restaurant, Evan hears about every kind of allergy or affliction related to food.  Wheat allergies and lactose intolerance are the most common.  Dr. Michael Wilkes is a Professor of Medicine and Vice Dean for Medical Education at UC Davis.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Running a restaurant, Evan hears about every kind of allergy or affliction related to food. Wheat allergies and lactose intolerance are the most common. Dr. Michael Wilkes is a Professor of Medicine and Vice Dean for Medical Education at UC Davis. He's also the host of KCRW's A Second Opinion which you can hear on Sundays during Weekend Edition on KCRW. Dr. Wilkes lists the differences between intolerance and a true allergy.

    The full episode

    3 of 8
    Food Allergies, Rainy-Day Magic, and Organic Seafood
    1. 1:00Market Report
    2. 7:00Give a Man a Fish or a Gaggle of Geese?
    3. 15:00Can Wheat Kill You?You’re reading this
    4. 23:00Ethnomusicologists Get Cooking
    5. 31:00Organic Fish Farming?
    6. 40:00Smell This..Should I Throw it Out?
    7. 46:00Kitchen Magic for Long Days Inside
    8. 54:00One-Armed Mirepoix
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Marina McLeod

      Producer, Good Food

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      Bob Carlson

      host and producer, 'UnFictional'

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      Jennifer Ferro

      Jennifer Ferro, President, KCRW, Los Angeles

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      Michael Wilkes

      Host of 'Second Opinion'

      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    3 of 8
    Food Allergies, Rainy-Day Magic, and Organic Seafood
    1. 1:00Market Report
    2. 7:00Give a Man a Fish or a Gaggle of Geese?
    3. 15:00Can Wheat Kill You?You’re reading this
    4. 23:00Ethnomusicologists Get Cooking
    5. 31:00Organic Fish Farming?
    6. 40:00Smell This..Should I Throw it Out?
    7. 46:00Kitchen Magic for Long Days Inside
    8. 54:00One-Armed Mirepoix
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