A search would have shown that this same news was posted yesterday, only from a different outlet.
I learned that concept in immunology class 40 years ago and exposure to dirt and common allergens was recommended to my mom by my doctor in the early 50s when I was a baby.
Old knowledge (common sense) comes around again.
So, just give a jar of creamy peanut butter to new parents and instructions to begin giving the infant a small pea-sized taste of PB on the tongue once a week. Begin at 4 months of age. I wonder if that would really work?
“A search would have shown that this same news was posted yesterday, only from a different outlet.”
Thanks for posting this...some of us PARENTS don’t read every article, every day - and this is a big deal.
It certainly helps me a LOT MORE than other articles on this site.
About two years ago, researchers in New Zealand published a study showing that 95% of peanut allergy diagnostic tests were false positive.
I had a kid on a robotic team I coached who was “deathly” allergic to peanuts. We were at the shop 5-8 hours a night for weeks. Someone donated a 5 gallon bucket of peanuts. Peanuts and peanut dust all over the place.
No issue.
Of course, gluten is the new disease of the week. Certainly there are some few people who have intolerances to peanuts and gluten, but not in the millions.
My daughter had peanut butter when she was one and her lips swelled up. The doctor said to wait a few months and try again. She’s now 4 and still alive and eats peanut butter.
Speaking of peanuts......
A tour bus driver is driving with a bus load of seniors down a highway when he is tapped on his shoulder by a little old lady. She offers him a handful of peanuts, which he gratefully munches up.
After about 15 minutes, she taps him on his shoulder again and she hands him another handful of peanuts.
She repeats this gesture about five more times. When she is about to hand him another batch again, he asks the little old lady, ‘Why don’t you eat the peanuts yourself?’.
‘We can’t chew them because we have no teeth’, she replied.
The puzzled driver asks, ‘Why do you buy them then?’
The old lady replied, ‘We just love the chocolate around them.”
Sadly, even small doses of liberalism causes me to react violently.
Surprise surprise surprise! People generally aren’t allergic to their environment as long as they’re not isolated from it.
BTW, thanks for posting this story.