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And yet peanut allergy is rare in Europe. Pretty strange.
by peterfirefly 1y ago
And yet peanut allergy is rare in Europe. Pretty strange.
- rimunroe 1y agoI thought peanut allergies were roughly as common in Europe as the US, and a quick web search seems to back this up: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6021584/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6021584/
- pfannkuchen 1y agoI think peanuts are eaten less commonly in Europe? Maybe it just doesn’t come up as much?
- viraptor 1y agoEurope is as much a location as the US. Eating habits in Finland are very different than in Spain. So any generalisation here will have people disagreeing. That said, I are lots of peanut butter sandwiches for lunch. It was normal.
- peterfirefly 1y agoThey are. But everybody does occasionally run into peanuts or peanut dust so peanut allergies are extremely unlikely to go undetected.
- foxyv 1y agoWhy would that be strange? Allergies seem to have a lot to do with ethnic background, family history, and environment. For instance, shellfish allergies are more common in Asia.