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Peanut Allergies More Common in Kids from Wealthy Families
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| November 12, 2012
Posted on 11/12/2012 6:06:08 PM PST by grundle
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posted on
11/12/2012 6:06:14 PM PST
by
grundle
To: grundle
I see two causes
1. Soy milk and soy in baby formula. Babies are not supposed to get this foreign protein and develop antigens to it. Soybeans and peanuts are legumes.
2. Wealthy families have cleaner homes. The human immune system was designed for less sanitary conditions. If our immune system isn't going to fight disease, it will pick other targets.
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posted on
11/12/2012 6:09:27 PM PST
by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
To: grundle
I wish I could find the study, but supposedly there exists some peanut-flavored pacifier for kids in Israel.
Conclusion? Virtually NO peanut allergies in the kids.
Surprise.
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posted on
11/12/2012 6:09:36 PM PST
by
boop
("I need another Cutty Sark"-LBJ)
To: rmlew
#1......concerned me as a mom. Because soy contains phytoestrogens.
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posted on
11/12/2012 6:26:19 PM PST
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
To: grundle
Rich moms also need to create drama. Im sure their kids also have more ADD, more “Autism”, more lactose intolerance, etc etc. Examples are the leading women in the Petraeus drama. All rich moms with specialist physician husbands.
Im just sayin’
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posted on
11/12/2012 6:32:58 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
To: DesertRhino
You may be on to something. But when your child vomits and then begins to not be able to breathe, the drama becomes kind of real. Just sayin’-
To: rmlew
1. Soy milk and soy in baby formula. Babies are not supposed to get this foreign protein and develop antigens to it. Soybeans and peanuts are legumes.
That makes a lot of sense. I’ve wondered about the huge increase in this allergy for awhile now. Never heard of it until about 15 years ago, and now every kid has it
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posted on
11/12/2012 7:14:26 PM PST
by
Figment
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
I also think that soy milk is a major reason for the increase in homosexuals.
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posted on
11/12/2012 7:16:09 PM PST
by
rmlew
("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
To: grundle
Survival of the un-fittest? Maybe. How many of them invent, design and build something? How many get their incomes from government, NGOs (nonprofits, etc.) or government-linked rackets? Time and the default process will tell.
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posted on
11/12/2012 7:45:17 PM PST
by
familyop
To: grundle
The hygiene hypothesis is the idea that living in a cleaner environment may make people’s immune systems more sensitive, and increase the prevalence of allergies.
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This is ridiculous. One can be poor and still maintain a clean household — in a developed country, at least. And I know of well-off households, particularly in this current generation of parents, which seems to have far too many lazy and disorganized mothers, that are not well maintained in terms of hygiene.
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posted on
11/12/2012 7:53:22 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Pray for our republic.)
To: grundle
I can see the headline now “CIA linked to peanut epidemic in affluent neighborhoods.”
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posted on
11/12/2012 8:41:00 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(Obama ->The Jayson Blair administration)
To: grundle
I love peanut butter and every few weeks I have a craving for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a glass of ice cold milk.
Alas, peanut butter has a mild laxative effect on me. Is this an allergy?
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posted on
11/12/2012 8:57:47 PM PST
by
Oratam
To: grundle
Not to worry, peanut allergies will soon be a thing of the past. Thanks to Obama there will be no more wealthy families.
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posted on
11/12/2012 9:22:33 PM PST
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
To: Oratam
PBJ and cold glass of milk...um...um...um. Food and nectar of the gods.
To: Oratam
Oh...and it has to be raspberry jam. :-)
To: rmlew
Agree with your conclusions; but clearly; if ‘wealthy’ families ‘breed’ peanut allergies; these should be non-existent by 2016.
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posted on
11/12/2012 10:10:23 PM PST
by
cricket
To: grundle
But imagine the dilemma of the child from a wealthy family who’s allergic to macadamia nuts and truffles....
To: Oratam
No, peanut allergies tend to be of the hives, swelling, throat closing variety. I’d guess it’s more fats/oils related.
Does greasy meat do the same thing to you?
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posted on
11/14/2012 1:22:26 PM PST
by
Fire_on_High
(RIP City of Heroes and Paragon Studios, victim of the Obamaconomy.)
To: Fire_on_High
Can’t be fats or oil. My girlfriend with a peanut allergy says her lips start to swell if I just breathe on her after eating peanuts. I know it’s true too. She didn’t even know I ate them, but once she felt the swelling she figured it out.
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posted on
11/14/2012 1:25:34 PM PST
by
ez
(When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail.)
To: Fire_on_High
Come to mention it, yes. Should I be concerned?
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posted on
11/14/2012 4:04:00 PM PST
by
Oratam
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