Dr. Greg: how one little tick-bite can alter your diet for life

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control

You may or may not have heard of alpha-gal syndrome, an allergic reaction by the human body to a sugar molecule found in most mammals, but not in humans. It's now an important allergen that's causing problems all over the Commonwealth and the country. Dr. Greg talks all things alpha-gal with Dr. Kathleen Winter; Kentucky State Epidemiologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health of the UK College of Public Health.