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Letter of Recommendation: Bamba

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Re: Letter of Recommendation: Bamba

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Allergies are mostly a North American and European thing aren't they? I had never heard of allergies until I came to the US from my slice of third world hell.

I wouldn't call the place I came from is a third world , but same here. I have never heard of "peanut allergies" until I came to US.

Re: Letter of Recommendation: Bamba

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Yup, makes total sense. Let your kids eat a bug or two, play in the dirt, sneeze on each other. Unless you are statistically unlucky, they'll be fine, and they'll build up stronger immune systems, so they won't be as fragile later on. Unless your child is Bubble Boy, there's no need for OCD antiseptic cleanliness.

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post #3

Allergies are mostly a North American and European thing aren't they? I had never heard of allergies until I came to the US from my slice of third world hell.

I wouldn't call the place I came from is a third world , but same here. I have never heard of "peanut allergies" until I came to US.

I still wonder if we don't over process some foods to where the end result is not quite the food it should be thereby increasing sensitivity. Top that with parents who think they know more than they actually do. I always laughed at friends who could not come over to my house because I had dogs because their kids or even unborn baby might get something.

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Allergies are mostly a North American and European thing aren't they? I had never heard of allergies until I came to the US from my slice of third world hell.

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Pretty sure this is not the case. AFAIK GMO products hasn't been available here until recently and I know grown up people with peanut allergy.

There are quite a number of issues with GMO but personally I don't think this is one of them.

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