"Cherry" > wrote in message
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> On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 5:58:20 PM UTC+1, sf wrote:
>> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 06:02:34 -0700 (PDT), Cherry >
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>>
>> I've never heard of Dr's telling pregnant women not to eat nuts.
>>
>> Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to
>> hold them.
>
> Pregnant are certainly told it in the UK and some other European
> countries,I think for the last few years:
>
> http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnan...regnancy#close
>
> Cherry

Your link says they are safe:

"
Peanuts are safe in pregnancy
Go ahead and eat peanuts or food containing peanuts (such as peanut butter)
during pregnancy, unless you are allergic to them or a health professional
advises you not to.

You may have heard peanuts should be avoided during pregnancy. This is
because the government previously advised women to avoid eating peanuts if
there was a history of allergy (such as asthma, eczema, hay fever and food
allergy) in their child's immediate family.

This advice has now been changed because the latest research has shown no
clear evidence eating peanuts during pregnancy affects the chances of your
baby developing a peanut allergy. "