"koko" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 06:02:34 -0700 (PDT), Cherry >
> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>3-4% of Americans have a serious food allergy, but indications are that
>>>.6% of them are allergic to peanuts.
>>>
>>>
>>> > What's odd is how that has spiked up lately.
>>>
>>> > 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes and nobody really knows why for sure.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>Cherry
>
> Dang, "back in the day" we smoked and drank while pregnant and
> nursing. Somehow the little tykes survived and grew up to be
> productive citizens. They didn't even have car seats and had a blast
> playing in the back seat of the car.
> #rottenmom ;-)

LOL all true Makes you wonder how they survived eh? )


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