On Tue 20 Sep 2005 10:07:42p, Dan Abel wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> In article .com>,
> "djs0302" > wrote:
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>> When I was going to grade school in the 70's you never heard one
>> incident of a kid being allergic to peanut butter. While some of these
>> peanut allergies actually do occur I think a lot of parents say their
>> kids have a peanut allergy because they want the attention. If someone
>> is truly allergic to peanuts then they should also be allergic other
>> legumes such as peas. It's only been in recent years that you've
>> really started hearing about the problem. I did read somewhere that if
>> a nursing mother eats a lot of peanut butter she can give a peanut
>> allergy to her baby. Luckily I was born during the time when formula
>> was the baby food of choice.
>
> Many years ago our son died of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). A
> surprising number of babies die from this every year. We did some
> reading about it, and it was reported that the frequency was decreasing.
> Why was that? Because SIDS just means that they don't know why the baby
> died, it just did. As medicine advanced, they could pinpoint the exact
> cause of death.

I'm very sorry for your loss, Dan. Losing a child has to be one of the
most heartbreaking experiences anyone can have.

> It could be that just as many kids died of peanut allergies in years
> past, but nobody knew the cause of death. I believe the reason given
> for death for those no longer babies is "natural causes", when they
> don't know why the heck the person died. Just my theory.

I certainly don't deny the existence of peanut allergies, but it seems to
have gotten to the point where some people think peanuts should be on a
controlled substance list.

What was the recent story, I'm not sure I know all the details, about the
guy who was traveling 1st class on a plane and insisted that absolutely no
one on the entire plane be given peanuts to eat. That's utterly
rediculous! If his sensitivity was that great, he should have arranged
other transporation for himself rather than insinuating his "problem" on
everyone else.

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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