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There’s always 2nd-order affects to removing allergens in food. In 2000 the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended parents wait until 3 years to introduce
by ed25519FUUU 4y ago
There’s always 2nd-order affects to removing allergens in food.
In 2000 the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended parents wait until 3 years to introduce peanuts. 17 years later they dramatically reversed the guidance and admitted it probably was at least partly responsible for the meteoric rise of peanut allergies in America.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6157280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6157280/
- AlanYx 4y agoThat paper is fascinating, not just because of the discussion of peanut ingestion and allergies. I was unaware that moisturizing eczema outbreaks in very young infants reduces their lifetime chance of developing peanut and other food allergies, nor of the link between eczema and risks of developing a peanut allergy.