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Re:Give babies peanut butter to cut allergy by 77%, study says by hot_gril on Friday March 17, 2023 @07:26PM (#35204239)
I don't see how it's common sense to avoid certain foods at a young age to avoid allergies later on. Am I missing some obvious connection? If allergies are caused by the immune system not recognizing X, probably the solution is to introduce X earlier.

They had "peanut-free" lunch tables when I was in elementary school, and all I thought was people just need to stop being so sensitive. Even then, guess I was right.

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Re:Give babies peanut butter to cut allergy by 77%, study says by varenc on Friday March 17, 2023 @08:19PM (#35204653)
> They had "peanut-free" lunch tables when I was in elementary school, and all I thought was people just need to stop being so sensitive. Even then, guess I was right.

I'm pretty sure that by elementary school some kids have already developed severe peanut allergies. Keeping peanuts away from someone that might go into anaphylactic shock seems the right amount of sensitivity.

Per the article, the time to be "less sensitive" is much earlier when introducing peanuts can reduce their chance of developing an allergy. By elementary school (ages 6-13) it's mostly too late.

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Re:Give babies peanut butter to cut allergy by 77%, study says by hot_gril on Friday March 17, 2023 @09:10PM (#35205006)
Yeah, that's true.
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Re:Give babies peanut butter to cut allergy by 77%, study says by rtpg on Friday March 17, 2023 @08:31PM (#35204738)
Perhaps the fact that the food could literally be poison for the person eating it? And if this person has no communication skills...

At least when you're 3 and talking you can be more clear about what's going on with your body if there's a problem.

"Why give them any food at all" is a very glib reply to them. I'll let you figure out why people might avoid certain foods and not others, and why people feed small children

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Re:Give babies peanut butter to cut allergy by 77%, study says by hot_gril on Friday March 17, 2023 @08:40PM (#35204798)
So then I'm either underthinking or overthinking this.
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