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> As someone that presented allergies at the age of several months, it feels somewhat suspicious to think I just needed to be exposed earlier in life. Mothers
by naasking 2y ago
> As someone that presented allergies at the age of several months, it feels somewhat suspicious to think I just needed to be exposed earlier in life.
Mothers who avoided peanuts during pregnancy had babies with higher rates of peanut allergies. There is no guarantee because the human immune system is complex, but the trend is clear.
- taeric 2y agoFair, if you are criticizing me for just being a gripe. I welcome more data, so I am decidedly not trying to say we should toss this. We also exposed our kids to peanuts at an early age, so I am generally aligned with the new guidance. I'm largely tilting at the windmill of "tone" in a lot of these stories. It sounds like a solved thing far moreso than I am comfortable with. I am also interested in details. Did the parents that avoided peanuts actively choose a common replacement? I'm also curious if this generalizes well to other allergies. In particular, knowing that consumption of peanuts is also an extremely American thing, what are the common major allergies in other nations and do they have the same trends?