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Allergies are mostly a North American and European thing aren't they? I had never heard of allergies until I came to the US from my slice of third world hell.
by littletimmy 11y ago
Allergies are mostly a North American and European thing aren't they? I had never heard of allergies until I came to the US from my slice of third world hell.
- xbeta 11y agoI wouldn't call the place I came from is a third world , but same here. I have never heard of "peanut allergies" until I came to US.
- Shivetya 11y agoI still wonder if we don't over process some foods to where the end result is not quite the food it should be thereby increasing sensitivity. Top that with parents who think they know more than they actually do. I always laughed at friends who could not come over to my house because I had dogs because their kids or even unborn baby might get something.
- alexbilbie 11y agoI'm 25 and grew up in rural England, played in the mud, grew up around animals and my parents cooked from fresh every day; yet I have a severe nut allergy and suffered in the past from asthma and hay fever. I'm the only one in both my immediate and extended family to have ever suffer from any of the above. I don't think processed food was the cause of my problems, just random genetic flaws.
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- reitanqild 11y agoPretty sure this is not the case. AFAIK GMO products hasn't been available here until recently and I know grown up people with peanut allergy. There are quite a number of issues with GMO but personally I don't think this is one of them.
- Alupis 11y agoYou have to realize everything you consume is technically "GMO" (part of why the science industry scoffed at the idea of labeling "GMO" products - because everything would have the label). As a species, we've been genetically modifying breeds of plants and animals long before Gregor Mendel even. Yes, this means your "Organic" and/or "insert-hip-food-label-here" food still is genetically modified from the "pure" form of that food. So, no, "GMO" peanuts don't cause allergies any more than "normal" peanuts.
- clort 11y agocertainly sounds like hearsay.. If I were to try and debunk this, I should question a) how prevalent are GMO peanuts b) when were GMO peanuts developed c) how long have GMO peanuts been significant as to be honest, I don't have any kids and I've never heard of GMO peanuts
- OhHeyItsE 11y agoChris Rock has a (in)famous bit on this.
- munificent 11y agoThere is a hypothesis[1] that it's a developed, hygienic world thing. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hygiene_hypothesis
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- exhilaration 11y agoThat's not necessarily true. Kids might be dying of food allergies frequently in poorer countries but it's simply not reported or the local hospitals (assuming they're taken to a hospital) might be unable to diagnose the cause of death.
- potatote 11y agoThat's what I wonder every now and then, too. Like a couple of comments noted here, I have never heard of peanut allergies in my country (Myanmar) until I came to the US. Myanmar people eat a lot of peanut-based snacks (including the famous national salad called "Lahpet", which has peanut. It could entirely be due to genetics (i.e. south east asians are genetically immune to peanut allergies?), but I really would like to know the answer one day.