Middle agers and older - Do you remember kids having peanut allergies when you were young?

Question

Where do you think they came from?

Answer 1

formula
without the immunities and antibodies from breast-milk they never build up a defense to allergies and other illnesses, bottle feeding became popular in the mid 1800s, around 1845 doctors already knew infant deaths, and the sickly child, were due to babies being deprived, and the more generations deprived the more medical problems evolve, I'm 47 and there was a girl close to my age in school who was allergic to corn, her mother was always complaining that there is corn derivatives in virtually everything, breastfeeding came back into fashion late 60s early 70s, but you have to consider, if the mom never got the secretory immunoglobulin, how would she be able to pass it onto her child.

Answer 2

I know a woman in her late 40's that has been allergic to all nuts (and strawberries and other foods) her entire life. But honestly, I don't recall anyone I went to school with having nut allergies. I work in a preschool and its amazing how many kids these days have food allergies, whether nut, dairy, wheat, gluten... you name it kids are allergic. And the really weird thing is the reactions can be as varied as the kids! One child may break out in a skin rash, one may get hives, one may get hyperactive tendencies (food dyes or preservatives are the culprit here) I would love to know if there is some legit research being done on the diets of children and what is causing these very serious allergies.
I was talking to a friend the other day whose daughter goes to a private school in another town and she told me the school doesn't allow ANY peanut butter and jelly sandwiches because they have children with such severe allergies that even breathing in the fumes will trigger anaphalactic shock!

Answer 3

I am 33 so I don't guess I count as a middle ager, but I don't remember anyone with a peanut allergy when I was growing up.

Answer 4

I'm younger than a "middle ager" and I know of no one in my schools who had peanut allergies. My housemate who is sitting here is 42 and she had a distant relative with peanut allergies but no one she went to school had it either.

While they have always existed they far more popular now than ever before.

I have a theory (untested) that it has to do with sensitization caused by prenatal or neonatal vitamins. Those are the biggest difference between then and now.

Answer 5

No i never met anyone who had a peanut allergy when i was a kid....

the theory now is that we are making our living environment's too clean.
And, that less viable genetic strains of humans are now able to live a full life. where as before these particular people would have died without breeding and passing on the genes that made them susceptible to these allergies as well as many other diseases & disorders.

Answer 6

I'm 41 and I never in my life heard of peanut allergies until recently.

Answer 7

Almost every kid I knew ate peanut butter and never heard of having a reaction to it. Maybe its somehting their putting on the peanut tree to make it grow more peanuts thats doing it.

Answer 8

I guess I could be considered middle age if sig, # of people die in their 60s
I dont remember anyone having any allergies to foods, only seasonal allergies, and bee stings, and I think one other thing but I dont remember what
I think it could be caused by genetic engineering of foods; or the pesticides, or people are just becoming more sensitive than they used to be; for example people who say they are breatharians or fruitarians; spiritual evolution; science experiments of why not everyone needs equal type of nourishment to be healthy could affect food if you think of how the process is affecting the food; why does one person need lots of steak to feel ok but another doesnt?

weirdest possibility: food being grown out of its natural habitat
or-when plants are broken up into chemical parts to make medicine, when people eat those plants that chemicals were taken from, the plant could take on the characteristic of that illness or condition the chemicals taken were used for

Answer 9

No peanut allergies that I knew of. In fact I still don't know anyone with one.

Answer 10

Yrs. gone by you would occasionally hear of it but it was rare. My kids were growing up the ate the stuff by the bucket & it was considered a healthy food. I too, would like to know what happened. Rare did you hear of lactous intolerance. Something has gone screwy alright.