Yeah. I think a lot of “scientific studies” are just boondoggles, but I would really like to see researchers pin down why peanut allergies became a big deal. When I was a kid, peanut butter was a primary food choice for virtually every kid in school. No one died. No one “had a reaction”.
Today, we take extreme precautions, and still it’s not enough: kids die.
What changed?
And how - and when, does this deadly allergy manifest itself?
I mean, everyone eats peanut butter for the first time SOMETIME - is every “first time” like playing Russian Roulette?
My theory is we're so over-protective of infants, with regards to germs, that their immune systems don't develop properly.