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Re:Give babies peanut butter to cut allergy by 77%, study says by magicalist on Friday March 17, 2023 @01:31PM (#35200166)
You can expose a six month old to honey as well but their complex and adaptive digestion system still isn't going to kill the botulism spores that might be in it.

"I don't know how this bad thing works, better rub it on my gums" is not a good strategy in general.

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Re:Give babies peanut butter to cut allergy by 77%, study says by myshpa on Friday March 17, 2023 @02:24PM (#35200911)
It's like vaccination ... few spores won't kill the child, and will train its immune systems.
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Re:Give babies peanut butter to cut allergy by 77%, study says by strifey on Friday March 17, 2023 @03:03PM (#35201429)
Botulism spores do not "train immune systems". Babies don't have strong enough digestive systems until they're at least six months old to kill the spores.

https://www.cdc.gov/botulism/infant-botulism.html.

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