> > > > My theory is that the peanut allergy has only become common since pregnant mums we're told not to eat peanuts during pregnancy, thus depriving babies of a natural immunity.
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> > > > The spike in the allergy is more prevalent in the western world. Go middle east and far east they don't tell pregnant mums to eats nuts and incidences of nut allergies are still very low.
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> > > I've never heard of Dr's telling pregnant women not to eat nuts.
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> > Pregnant are certainly told it in the UK and some other European countries,I think for the last few years:
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> > http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnan...regnancy#close
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> No, they are NOT . Your NHS link says exactly the opposite;
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> quote
> "
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> Peanuts are safe in pregnancy
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> Go ahead and eat peanuts or food containing peanuts (such as peanut
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> butter) during pregnancy, unless you are allergic to them or a health
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> professional advises you not to.
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> You may have heard peanuts should be avoided during pregnancy. This is
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> because the government previously advised women to avoid eating peanuts
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> if there was a history of allergy (such as asthma, eczema, hay fever and
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> food allergy) in their child's immediate family.
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> This advice has now been changed because the latest research has shown
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> no clear evidence eating peanuts during pregnancy affects the chances of
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> your baby developing a peanut allergy."
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> endquote

> Janet UK

Near the top of that article there is a list of foods to avoid and one of them is peanuts. That has been the case for some years now.

I hadn't read to the bottom of the article, but it does seem to be contradicting itself.

Cherry