[Sca-cooks] Peanut allergies-from Isabella

[Daniel & Elizabeth Phelps]

In our case, where there are various allergies to this and that, no family 
allergy to peanuts exists on either side, to our best knowledge.
The pediatric allergist we went to, a very good one, said essentially they 
really didn't have a clue why peanut allergies have risen so dramatically. 
Respiratory allergies is a different story, I have heard those linked to 
"too clean" houses, but not necessarily peanuts. I imagine (hope) some very 
smart researchers are working on this problem as we speak.
Isabella

Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
Frank Zappa

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like 
administering medicine to the dead.
Thomas Paine
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Laureen Hart" <lhart at graycomputer.com>
To: <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 4:07 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Peanut allergies


> Back in the modern day, however... I think those of us who are of a
> Certain Generation "Baby Boomer" have an emotional attachment to peanuts
> and peanut butter as comfort food and that's why we have this
> disproportionate response to this sudden upswing in severe peanut
> allergies.  What happened to cause that?
>
> Selene
>
>
> ------------------------------
> At a guess, I think allergies could be increasing because we can detect 
> and
> prepare for them.
> In the bad old days we didn't have epipens etc, If you didn't get the
> affected person to emergency for a shot they stood the risk to die.
> If they die young, they are less likely to breed and pass on the sensitive
> genes.
> This doesn't explain the cases where there is no family sensitivity
> though...
>
> Randell Raye
>
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