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Are Japanese people less likely to have food allergies?

by novia 2y ago

shiroiushi 2y ago
Apparently yes. They only started posting these signs because of foreigners. As far as I can tell, Japanese people are more like American people in the 1980s when I grew up. Back then, food allergies were extremely rare. Even among my age group, they seem to be very rare, but I saw it a lot among younger people while I was still in the states. Airplanes used to give out honey roasted peanuts, if you're not old enough to remember, and they were fantastic. But then sometime in the 2000s I think, they stopped because so many people suddenly had deathly peanut allergies. And it's only gotten worse. I'm not sure why Americans have so many food allergies these days, but I can only guess it something to do with either food quality, or parents that don't make their kids eat various foods. Japan has long had a culture of eating whatever food your parents gave you, and absolutely never wasting food. As for dietary restrictions, yes, that's absolutely a thing unique to foreigners here. Japanese people don't have silly religious restrictions about food like other cultures, and vegetarianism and veganism are not terribly popular, though they are slowly growing.
- hulitu 2y ago
  > I'm not sure why Americans have so many food allergies these days, It is not only Americans, it is also Europe. My theory it is because of pesticides. I never had Strawberry allergies, except when i bought some from a big producer.
deadfoxygrandpa 2y ago
yes, there's been a significant rise in prevalence of food allergies especially in the western world and nobody's really sure why. japanese people are about half as likely to have food allergies compared to americans, for example. it's weird. like, asian people in australia are the most likely demographic to have food allergies, but only if their parents grew up in australia. first-gen asian immigrants have way lower rates of food allergies
radicality 2y ago
I’m European, but living in the US now. Imo seems like Americans are almost the only ones with lots of food allergies, while rest of the world seems fine. Before moving to the US I don’t think I’ve ever even heard of peanut allergies.

Are Japanese people less likely to have food allergies?

by novia 2y ago

Are Japanese people less likely to have food allergies?

Apparently yes. They only started posting these signs because of foreigners. As far as I can tell, Japanese people are more like American people in the 1980s when I grew up. Back then, food allergies were extremely rare. Even among my age group, they seem to be very rare, but I saw it a lot among younger people while I was still in the states. Airplanes used to give out honey roasted peanuts, if you're not old enough to remember, and they were fantastic. But then sometime in the 2000s I think, they stopped because so many people suddenly had deathly peanut allergies. And it's only gotten worse. I'm not sure why Americans have so many food allergies these days, but I can only guess it something to do with either food quality, or parents that don't make their kids eat various foods. Japan has long had a culture of eating whatever food your parents gave you, and absolutely never wasting food. As for dietary restrictions, yes, that's absolutely a thing unique to foreigners here. Japanese people don't have silly religious restrictions about food like other cultures, and vegetarianism and veganism are not terribly popular, though they are slowly growing.

hulitu 2y ago
> I'm not sure why Americans have so many food allergies these days, It is not only Americans, it is also Europe. My theory it is because of pesticides. I never had Strawberry allergies, except when i bought some from a big producer.

deadfoxygrandpa 2y ago

yes, there's been a significant rise in prevalence of food allergies especially in the western world and nobody's really sure why. japanese people are about half as likely to have food allergies compared to americans, for example. it's weird. like, asian people in australia are the most likely demographic to have food allergies, but only if their parents grew up in australia. first-gen asian immigrants have way lower rates of food allergies

radicality 2y ago

I’m European, but living in the US now. Imo seems like Americans are almost the only ones with lots of food allergies, while rest of the world seems fine. Before moving to the US I don’t think I’ve ever even heard of peanut allergies.