[commish]

In 18 total years of school (including college) between 1956 and 1973, I never once encountered someone with one of these serious peanut allergies, nor did I ever even hear of such a problem. This all seemed to originate within the last ten years or so, and I've wondered why it's happening.

Very simple explanation if you think of what has happened in the last 10-20 years -- GENETIC ENGINEERING to make the foods grow faster, larger, taste better (I beg to differ but), etc.

Now you have peanut allergies, gluten intolerance (wheat), etc etc etc.

The best example is wheat - something that has been a staple of diets for centuries now has absolutely nothing in common with wheat of just 25 years ago and has actually gone from being a beneficial food to being basically toxic.

[bgill]

GENETIC ENGINEERING

Ah, I just posted the same. Yes, that's why. In my other post, I asked if anyone knew how many British kids had peanut allergies what with England kicking out Monsanto. It'd be interesting to see.

[Boogieman]

“The best example is wheat - something that has been a staple of diets for centuries now has absolutely nothing in common with wheat of just 25 years ago and has actually gone from being a beneficial food to being basically toxic.”

What is the level of toxicity of wheat in PPM? How many people have died due to wheat poisoning?