Posted on 02/10/2025 12:21:40 PM PST by Red Badger
Ping!...............
Why is this surprising? I am no expert but it seems like pretty standard immunology. Small doses, the body creates antibodies. Over time it is no longer toxic. Maybe this won’t work for every allergy in every person but it makes sense to me. I am open to correction from experts.
The article says it works for those who can tolerate higher peanut exposure before experiencing symptoms. I’m not sure it will work for those with the more serious peanut allergies.
Yes, this is really an old timey method from long ago.............
It would be easier and faster with an mRNA shot and 3 boosters.
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Maybe that’s why there are so many peanut allergies in youngsters these days ... they rarely at peanut butter as a kid. Man, I lived on that stuff. Mom was constantly buying it.
My niece was born with a pretty noticeable peanut allergy.
My sister in law started giving small, to increasingly larger samples of peanut butter on a normal spoon (graduating to a full spoonful after about a year) from about 18 months to three years old is when she did this.
My niece eats peanut butter and Jelly now for lunch. She’s 10.
‘Bamba’ is a favorite Israeli snack. It’s like a baked Cheeto with peanut powder instead of cheese powder.
My sister gave all three of her kids bamba when they were babies to prevent peanut allergies it’s what they do in Israel and it works
Me too!................
We started introducing high allergy potential foods to our kids at around 6 months. Peanut butter in oatmeal, a little scrambled egg, some minced cooked shrimp.
It’s the opposite with the oily sap called “urushiol” found in poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac. It causes more severe allergic reactions every time you get it.
Sensitivity builds up after the skin is exposed to the substance. When initially exposed to urushiol, the skin alerts the immune system of the presence of the irritating chemical. However, it’s common for no visible reaction will occur the first time a person comes in contact with a poison plant. The immune system then prepares a defensive reaction for the next time the skin encounters the substance. This sensitizes the skin so that new contact with urushiol causes an allergic reaction.
I got it so bad about 45 years ago on one hike that it went systemic throughout my body. It took cortisone shots to finally stop it.
My mom put pb in our oatmeal every morning. School lunch was pb and whatever. After-school snack was pb on Celery sticks. We even had pb and ice cream for desert sometimes.
54 and I still eat it.
Jiff is the best.
I have had poison ivy. Not pleasant. My friend is immune. He can pluck the plants out of the ground with bare hands and have no reaction.
I don’t understand it. I do understand that if the oil is on one’s skin, it can spread to other surfaces or people..
“it can spread to other surfaces or people”
Indeed. And you can get it from those other surfaces. It can also get on your pet’s fur and you can get it from petting them! So don’t let your dog go romping off in the weeds when the dangerous plants are around.
But then, mothers with peanut allergic kids will no longer be special.
Well duh. Isn’t that how vaccines sort of work?
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