[Magdalen] peanut allergy / was--->Fw: The worthless tomato.

[Jay Weigel]

I think there's too much emphasis on what pregnant women *shouldn't* eat
these days, also on what *not* to feed your kid before they're a year old.
I also subscribe to the "hygiene hypothesis" which says that we are too
clean and don't expose our chldren to enough allergens. ( A recent study
says that Amish kids, who are exposed to dirt, animals, and general country
stuff, and whose homes are clean but not subjected to the "antibacterial'
cleaning products used by "English" housekeepers, have fewer allergies.)

On Friday, August 19, 2016, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> In a message dated 8/19/2016 8:47:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> houstonklr at gmail.com <javascript:;> writes:
>
> Doc  David... do you have an opinion about why there are so many more
> people
> allergic to peanuts these days, than 'when we were  young'?
>
> Lynn>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> I'm not sure, but -
>
> Peanuts in some form or other just get into food now.  I think there's
> more of
> this in cuisine and snacks than back in the day.
>
> There weren't the inexpensive jars of peanuts now everywhere  including
> the checkout area of the supermarkets.  For a long time they  were
> handed out with drinks on planes - really for a whole generation.   They've
> switched to those tasteless mini-pretzels, now.
>
> The cost, of course, is peanuts.
>
>
>
> David S.  In NE PA, where there were the original exectutive offices  of
> the Mr. Peanut outfit.
>