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Allergy fear causes parents to not introduce peanuts at a young age and the lack of exposure causes peanut allergy. In Israel there is a peanut snack that child
by dd36 7y ago
Allergy fear causes parents to not introduce peanuts at a young age and the lack of exposure causes peanut allergy. In Israel there is a peanut snack that children eat beginning very young. They have not seen the same uptick in peanut allergies.
- lrg 7y agoHaha yeah it’s called Bamba, it’s a very delicious snack and my parents said they would let me eat a bunch of it when I was younger for this very reason. You can get it in the states.
- pkaye 7y agoI've seen it in Trader Joes. Its nice but I got bored of it quite quickly.
- cnparker 7y agoWe introduced peanuts at a very early age. No impact. Our daughter had no allergies. Our son has an extreme peanut allergy. Based on this experience, I don’t believe early introduction helps.
- Freak_NL 7y agoHow did anecdotal evidence of two individuals change your stance on advice based on proper, large scale research and international teams of subject matter experts? There is no claim being made that allergies can be prevented for sure, merely that early introduction to allergens significantly reduces the risk.
- exhilaration 7y agoThe American Academy of Pediatrics now recommends introducing children to peanut at an early age: https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/Pages/AAP-Clinical-Report-Highlights-Early-Introduction-of-Peanut-Based-Foods-to-Prevent-Allergies.aspx https://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/Pages...
- Freak_NL 7y agoIt's slowly becoming the accepted norm worldwide. In the Netherlands the (very recent) advice is to start with eggs and peanuts (in the form of pure peanut butter) from four months on.