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This doctor believes that severe peanut allergies have been a problem for decades.
"Dr. William Frankland, a British immunologist, is puzzled as to why it has taken so long to develop treatments that might protect peanut allergy sufferers. He recalls that, 60 years ago, he successfully treated people with severe fish, egg and milk allergies by admitting them to hospital and giving them controlled injections containing the very substances that could kill them. “They were in for 12 or 13 days and they went out cured,” he says.*
Progress in tackling peanuts has been much slower, in part because even tiny amounts can prove fatal. Researchers experimented with*peanut injections in the early 1990s but..."
My daughter's OB told her to eat peanut butter at least once a week while she was pregnant. His theory was that it would expose her unborn children to it in the uterus so they would not be allergic to it.
Getting more and more as time goes on? PB & J sandwiches were a staple when we were kids and continued to eat it in adulthood, including when pregnant.
Subsequent generations don't any longer. Fast Food is now the staple diet.
My daughter's OB told her to eat peanut butter at least once a week while she was pregnant. His theory was that it would expose her unborn children to it in the uterus so they would not be allergic to it.
Getting more and more as time goes on? PB & J sandwiches were a staple when we were kids and continued to eat it in adulthood, including when pregnant.
Subsequent generations don't any longer. Fast Food is now the staple diet.
Its sad that such a nutritious and inexpensive meal is being replaced by fast food.
For a number of years, pregnant women were actually told to AVOID peanuts during pregnancy for fear eating them would cause allergies in the child. They had it all backwards.
I think it was a really bad idea to feed soy formula to infants. Soy is an endocrine disruptor which could be linked to autoimmune and allergies. It's in so many packaged products and restaurant foods too. Many of the adults having children now were also raised on it.
Ironically, the people who eat a lot of soy products are also the ones concerned about pesticides. I guess they don't know that soy is the most pesticide-contaminated crop. Soybeans cannot be raised profitably without loading them up with pesticides, even after genetically modifying them.
Many, many breastfed or milk formula fed infants develop food allergies. I am not aware of any correlation. If there have been studies, please share them.
The irony is that many people who use soy formula do so because a baby is allergic to milk.
PB & J sandwiches were a staple when we were kids and continued to eat it in adulthood, including when pregnant.
Subsequent generations don't any longer. Fast Food is now the staple diet.
I don't know. Years ago, the oldest sister of a classmate of our daughter's died of a peanut allergy when she ate a dessert which contained peanuts, unbeknownst to her. Her other siblings did not have a peanut allergy, and their family stayed away from fast food.
I had never heard of a peanut allergy back then, much less a fatal one. The death was heartbreaking for this teenager's family.
I don't know. Years ago, the oldest sister of a classmate of our daughter's died of a peanut allergy when she ate a dessert which contained peanuts, unbeknownst to her. Her other siblings did not have a peanut allergy, and their family stayed away from fast food.
I had never heard of a peanut allergy back then, much less a fatal one. The death was heartbreaking for this teenager's family.
Yes, I think it's always been around, but there is so much more of it now.
Example: Several years ago a 70 year old relative went into anaphylactic shock in a restaurant after eating seafood. This person had eaten seafood her entire life. It turned out to be a severe allergy to shellfish and she can never eat it again. I happen to know she has always been a healthy eater, so it's not due to fast food.
But I do think that a lot of things these days, maybe even some of the food allergies, are probably related to the amount of junk food people eat.
The info is factual. There are no GMO peanuts. Your link says so, too. However, peanuts could potentially be genetically modified to reduce their allergenicity.
From your link:
"While certain genetically engineered experimental foods were found to have allergens, these allergens were known and caught by researchers in early stages, just as a test on organic peanuts would also show a potential allergic reaction in sensitive people. And further studies have shown that transgenics technology does not make a food any more allergenic — but neither does it automatically make it less (unless the target trait is allergenicity)."
Glyphosate is not used on peanuts and peanut crops need to be protected from glyphosate used on nearby fields.
Which GMO bread ingredient bothers you? Is it soy (oil) or corn (syrup)?
I avoid soybean oil and corn syrup but I don't have an allergy or sensitivity to either so I do eat whole soybeans and corn on occasion.
Be careful with the soybeans. Both myself and my super healthy daughter in law ended up with female problems years ago that we believe were from eating too much soy. She ate edamame and I was drinking protein shakes that contained soy. No more.
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