Just wondering: Why do so many kids nowadays have "nut allergies"? When I was a kid it was unheard of.We ate whatever we wanted in school when I was a kid and no one keeled over. And what will these "nut allergy" kids do once they get out in the real world and in the workplace - how can they completely avoid foods that are so common. I don't have a "nut allergy" but I'm curious why "nut allergies" seem to be so prevalent nowadays. And I've heard that peanuts are not even nuts, they are legumes, so having a peanut allergy is supposedly not a "nut allergy".
-Common_Sense2
Well, unfortunately my 3-y-old is allergic to peanuts (and fish.) I don't know why this is so, but my brother was also allergic to fish too....and spinach!
-redunicorn
Allergies appear to be a dominant trait so more and more people have the allergy gene. That is why I was so careful with my daughter because both my husband and I have allergies.
I didn't even give her any solid foods before 6 months. Some doctors think allergies are increased because people feed their children solid food before it can be fully digested.
I breastfed as long as I could. Then I bought a special formula that was made of predigested milk. It smelled awful but I think it helped. I have a milk allergy myself in addition to severe pollen allergies.
My daughter is 19 and so far has NO allergies to food. Only to some soaps. She gets that from her father's mother.
-cope_acetic@yahoo.com
To be perfectly honest, I think they WERE just as common.....but many of these children died very young, from "mystery ailments", when it was likely allergy related.
-JonEmBethErin
My husband is 38 and was diagnosed with nut and shell fish allergies when he was 8. I believe that the reason so many children are developing allergies these days is our environment, diets and overuse of antibacterial products.
The air is polluted. Our diets consist of unnatural processed food. And the overuse of antibacterial products. Our bodies need to build up antibodies to bacteria. When not given this chance, we develop allergies.
Our school has a nut free policy. I thought this was ridiculous until I met my husband. His allergies alter where and what we eat, and where we can go. Just going to an amusement park poses a threat for him. If a child has eaten a peanut product and doesn't wash their hands, whatever that child touches becomes a threat to someone with the allergy.
Once he went to work, where he shared a cubicle. On the keyboard was an M&M wrapper. That basically meant that the keyboard, mouse and entire desk top was contaminated and he couldn't do his job. After that day there was a nut free policy put in place.
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