Why Do More Children Have Peanut Allergies?
Over the last 20 years as many more children have been diagnosed with peanut allergies many have speculated as to what was behind the increase. Some will even tell you that the increase is not a increase just that awareness has made the allergy more recognised. Now a landmark study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology has discovered some startling facts about allergies and exposure in young children. The study found that children who avoided or did not consume peanuts had a 10 times greater risk of developing peanut allergies. The study compared children in the UK and Israel and found that Israeli children consumed far more peanuts early on in life and had far less risk of becoming allergic to peanuts. Though more studies in a controlled situation would be needed to find out if exposure early on was the reason as obviously children in England and Israel have vastly different environments. The findings none the less are very interesting and could lead to a reducti
