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[quote=Anonymous]Autoimmune conditions, including allergies, are on the rise.  Science has some clues about why, but nothing is really settled.  There seem to be something causing it on a population level, and while scientists are working on it, the picture is very muddy.  It may be that choices that individual parents make play a role, but it's very unclear which exact choices.  Until recently, parents were told to avoid the most allergenic foods during pregnancy and after, but people did that and still had allergies develop.  Now, they say the opposite, to be sure to expose the kids early and often.

But it's important to note that while feeding peanuts early is an intervention that might somewhat reduce the likelihood of a child developing peanut allergies, once the allergies show up, peanuts need to be stopped, and that innocent children need to be protected, even if it's possible that if their parents had followed some protocol that hasn't been invented yet, their condition could have been prevented.

Blaming parents for this is 100% wrong.  [/quote]

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