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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up on a farm and ate mostly meat and vegetables that we grew and some groceries that we bought from the store. We ate some processed foods and went out to eat several times a year.

At age 25 I moved to the city, at age 31 I developed a peanut allergy after eating them my whole life before that. And food allergies have been popping up for me rapidly since then, to weird things too - not just what are currently typical food allergies. It's frightening, but nothing seems to be helping it. (And the allergic responses are serious enough that I have to avoid these ingredients, not just tolerate sniffles or a stomach ache.)[/quote]

Both of my parents grew up on farms where they raised & grew their own food.  Neither of them have any allergies.  Their respective siblings, who grew up the same way, do not have allergies either.  And they both come from big families - 1 of 12 and 1 of 9 kids.

My siblings, my cousins, and I who have all been raised as "city" kids in the suburbs all have tons of allergies between us.  I'm allergic to raw eggs, which is an allergy I've had since birth, but recently I've become allergic to other things like pumpkin, eggplant, cantaloupe, and tomatoes.  [/quote]

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