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Doctors have long recommended that infants avoid peanuts. But in 2017, experts officially reversed that guidance, and food allergies decreased sharply.
Doctors have long recommended that infants avoid peanuts. But in 2017, experts officially reversed that guidance, and food allergies decreased sharply.
My brother used to have deadly throat closing reactions to eggs and peanuts when younger and both were gone by his early 20s I wonder if abstinance from those allergens as an infant had anything to do with it.
It likely did & here’s a nice little write-up explaining how that abstinence guideline wasn’t evidence-based & the establishment that recklessly issued it created a disaster.
Ahh, good ol’ bunk science.
It’s always best when it’s accepted as gospel.
Remember kids, science is always open to questioning. If anyone is telling you not to question science, they are a moron who treats it like a religion.
The current philosophy among parents is heavy early exposure. All the parents I know give their young kids Bambas, a peanut-butter based snack, as soon as they are able to eat solid foods. I had always been slightly allergic to cats until I got cats.
Allergy immunotherapy is a real and effective treatment. Basically exposing your body to small amounts of the things it’s allergic to so it stops freaking the fuck out about it.
I only did 6 months of a 3 year course back in like 2016 because seasonal allergies kicked my ass and I had developed an immunity to OTC antihistamines. It took until this year before my symptoms were anything other than a bit of drainage now and then.
Go for the injections vs sublingual drops. I never had a tonsil stone until I tried the drops (this was before the shots), and now I have to clear one out every few months.
Our kid has had peanut butter since day 1. Rubbed some on his arm. Nothing. Nom nom time. Never had a food allergy so far and his is now a teen.
That’s what the study is suggesting, yes
I guess I’m more wondering if my parents fed him any of that or not, I was only 9 or so when he was born so I don’t really remember what specifically he ate as a newborn.
Early development the immune system is still learning self from non self what is good and what is pathogen.