On 8/12/2014 1:00 PM, Mayo wrote:
> On 8/12/2014 11:48 AM, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 8/12/2014 1:26 PM, sf wrote:
>>> On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 05:14:36 -0700 (PDT), Bryan-TGWWW
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> It seems irresponsible because of all the folks who have peanut
>>>> allergies.
>>>> The residues get all over folks shoes and get tracked around. I
>>>> think the
>>>> practice should be forbidden on those grounds.
>>>>>
>>>
>>> I think that peanut allergy thing is overblown and ridiculous. I know
>>> absolutely NO one with a peanut allergy, and yet I know someone who
>>> carries an epi pen at all times because she's that allergic to onions.
>>> I even know someone who is allergic to beans, yes - beans (not the
>>> green vegetable)! If I can know even one person with a weird allergy
>>> like that and not a soul who is allergic to peanuts, it's overblown.
>>>
>>>
>> After a few years of not doing so, they went back to giving out packets
>> of peanuts on airplanes. I don't think I've ever met anyone who was
>> allgeric to peanuts. Lord knows if it had been prevalent when I was in
>> grade school none of us would have been able to bring our lunches to
>> school - nearly everyone brought and ate PB&J sandwiches.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Something has changed since those days:
>
> http://content.time.com/time/health/...869095,00.html
>
> Between 1997 and 2007, the number of children under 18 who suffered from
> food allergies jumped 17%, according to the Centers for Disease Control
> and Prevention. Experts don't disagree that the incidence of food
> allergies has increased, but there isn't much consensus as to why.
Parents were warned not to feed their babies egg whites, peanut butter,
fish and shellfish during the first year of their life, and now we are
hearing the opposite of that. They are telling us that we should expose
these foods to our babies, as well as exposing them to dogs and cats, so
they will build immunities to them.
I remember when eating eggs were healthy, then no, you should stop
eating eggs, and now we can eat eggs again. Who knows?
Becca