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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only people I've met with such severe allergies are Americans. I wonder why. [/quote]

OP here.  I have no idea.  My spouse is an immigrant, and I'm 1st gen; our kid was born here.  Our house is not super clean, as kid has grown up with a large dog--somehow I thought that would help protect her from developing any allergies.

Not sure why nut and other food allergies are so much more common now than when we were all growing up.  I wonder if the rate is much lower in France, since they seem less experienced with dealing with nut allergies, according to some PPs.[/quote]

It's weird. I am European and lived there for 30+ years before moving to the US and my kids, born here, have a ton of allergies, including nuts and peanuts. I thought they would probably not have them because nuts allergies are so rare in Europe and West Africa (where my husband is from). But I was wrong! We eat mostly unprocessed, natural foods. I wondering what is causing this. Maybe the higher amount of peanut allergens everywhere since peanut butter is a staple here...[/quote]

DP, but we know now that peanut allergy can be almost entirely prevented by early and frequent exposure to peanut.  Americans were often told not to give it to their infants to prevent allergies and, in the words of my allergist, "we know now that was bad advice."  There may well be a genetic component, too, but it's almost certainly not because Americans eat a lot of peanut butter.  Adults and kids might, but historically not babies.[/quote]

I have heard the same too. Our allergist said something along the lines of "they should ingest it before they come in contact with it externally" to avoid allergies. But parents in Europe don't give their babies peanuts either and nursing mothers probably eat way less peanut products than their US counterparts. So they are not exposed to it at an early age.
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