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I gave my son a bite of the peanut butter cookie I was eating, when he was six months old, nearly killed him. So this "expose them early and it's not a problem"

• dragonwriter 9y ago
  Peanuts are one of the specific allergens for what was actually said upthread (early exposure is the best way of reducing the likelihood of developing an allergy) has been shown to be true; the explosion in peanut allergies in the US is a direct result of bad recommendation to generally avoid early exposure which has now been lifted and replaced with different guidance. That doesn't mean, however, that there is no risk of developing an allergy even with early exposure.
• maxerickson 9y ago
  I didn't downvote, but "expose them early and it's not a problem" isn't the advice, the advice is that early exposure reduces the chances of allergies. In any case, it is a statistical assertion, not a guarantee.
• zzleeper 9y ago
  Do you think peanut butter might be the problem? As in most Americans don't eat raw peanuts but processed versions which might be more concentrated and exacerbate the allergies?
  • pbhjpbhj 9y ago
    Peanut butter though is just peanuts, same concentration of everything as a peeled peanut. Large companies put lots of salt and sugar in too, I can't stand the sweet ones. Maybe there's greater availability of some protein, or something, because of the processing?