Just thought this was interesting.

  • cilantrofellow [any]
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    2 years ago

    I don’t really know about that but there are a lot of different theories about increases in allergies. One leading theory is that peanut plants or fish or other allergens are susceptible to parasites, so your body detects the parasite or residual proteins in underprocessed foods and kind of lumps it altogether as a threat.

    Israel apparently has very low rates of peanut allergies because they have this snack, Bambas (think peanut-flavored cheetohs), that is commonly used for teething toddlers. That’s powder and not peanut butter or whole nuts, so my assumption is it’s way less likely to spur an association between the two.