Peanut Allergies Have TRIPLED In the Last 10 Years?!

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Here's a link (below) to an article about it, plus a few excerpts. They really don't know (yet), but I found the explanation of how a perfectly normal system can develop an allergy can happen. I thought you might find it as interesting as I did. Now, the excerpts I promised: "More than 3 million Americans now have some kind of nut allergy, with cases of peanut allergy in children more than tripling between 1997 and 2008, according to a report released this week." "food allergies affect more than 1 to 2 percent of the population and no more than 10 percent." "One idea for the cause called the hygiene hypothesis posits we're too clean." "Other theories include the timing of introduction of the food and how the food is prepared." "...scientists are learning more about how to predict peanut allergy." "Scientists have known infants with a milk or egg allergy are at risk for developing a peanut allergy later in life." http://www.livescience.com/health/peanut-allergy-increase-children-100513.html I hope these snippets intrigue you enough to go read the article. More folks than you may realize have allergies to very common foods, & it's on the rise. I've got a couple myself, though I can ignore them as the consequences aren't life-threatening, but I have dealt with a friend's allergies for many years. She allergic to all forms of corn except corn-based syrup, & if she gets even trace amounts (such as the kind found in powdered sugar, or foods cooked in corn oil), she's in need of an ambulance! So it is important to be aware of this problem. Go educate yourself. I promise the article isn't too long, & it's definitely not boring, either! Maggiepie John Adams: "Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."