Australia starts peanut allergy treatment for babies

Post by marcosdumay » Thu, Aug 01, 2024, 10:59 PM UTC

makeitdouble wrote: post #18

Vecr wrote: post #12

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You think Israel could cover something like that up?

I don't think parent is hinting at a conspiracy, and more at "natural" selection based on omnipresence of peanuts. With no knowledge about how i goes for babies, the question would be how a 2~3 month allergic kid [0] would react to peanuts, including when not directly ingested. If it had adverse effects it would go along the line of what parent is describing. [0] can kids that age already be allergic to peanuts ?

Post by type_enthusiast » Thu, Aug 01, 2024, 11:13 PM UTC

Vecr wrote: post #12

type_enthusiast wrote: post #11

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Strictly speaking, if all babies eat peanuts, you'll get to "nearly non-existent" peanut allergy one way or another. But you need better data than that to conclude that the change comes from allergy prevention, rather than... allergy "removal". Edit: I guess I was just trying to say "surprising data needs detail." I should have just said that, instead of making light of how dangerous allergies are. Downvotes deserved…

You think Israel could cover something like that up?

Post by type_enthusiast » Thu, Aug 01, 2024, 11:21 PM UTC

makeitdouble wrote: post #18

Vecr wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You think Israel could cover something like that up?

I don't think parent is hinting at a conspiracy, and more at "natural" selection based on omnipresence of peanuts. With no knowledge about how i goes for babies, the question would be how a 2~3 month allergic kid [0] would react to peanuts, including when not directly ingested. If it had adverse effects it would go along the line of what parent is describing. [0] can kids that age already be allergic to peanuts ?

Post by goldieboi » Thu, Aug 01, 2024, 11:27 PM UTC

ilickpoolalgae wrote: post #19

darth_avocado wrote: post #3

I always think about the low incidence of peanut allergies in developing countries and wonder if the mother's diet during pregnancy has an effect on allergies in children? Has this been researched? Because instead of introducing peanuts and eggs to babies, introducing it to mothers is almost a no brainer.

Allergies are weird and our understanding of them is very incomplete. My son has/had a peanut allergy (very successful oral immunotherapy, knock on wood) and I ended up doing a lot of research. One study that is particular interesting is this one: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26728850/ It shows that east asian children, who very rarely have nut allergies in their home countries, develop nut allergies at a higher r…

Post by LegitShady » Thu, Aug 01, 2024, 11:33 PM UTC

type_enthusiast wrote: post #11

IncreasePosts wrote: post #7

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No link because I'm on mobile, but I remember reading about how peanut allergy in Israel is nearly non-existent. This is notable because: 1) Israelis come from all over the world, and the incidence of peanut allergies are lower in, say, Sephardic Jews living in Israel compared to Sephardic Jews living in Spain. 2) a very popular snack there for kids(but also adults) are these peanut butter corn-puffs called "Bambas"(…

Strictly speaking, if all babies eat peanuts, you'll get to "nearly non-existent" peanut allergy one way or another. But you need better data than that to conclude that the change comes from allergy prevention, rather than... allergy "removal". Edit: I guess I was just trying to say "surprising data needs detail." I should have just said that, instead of making light of how dangerous allergies are. Downvotes deserved…