TL;DR: kids have to be exposed to allergens at an early age as that is a natural mechanism to build up resistance.
No shit…
Apparently the opposite was the recommendation for a while.
What?!?
Literally in the article.
Yes but i don’t want to go to that ad ridden website.
Also its ridiculous either way.
There’s an archive link.
But I would also strongly recommend you use uBlock Origin. WP website looks absolutely fine with it.
For me the website just displayed a page wide “please disable your adblocker” window, but thanks, i didn’t see the archive link.
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Food allergies have doubled among children from 2000 to 2018 according to CDC data, and have likely risen further since.
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Women are more likely to report food allergies than men, especially in middle age.
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About a third of people who report having food allergies have not been professionally diagnosed.
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Most childhood food allergies fade in adulthood, except for shellfish allergies which are more common in adults.
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Low-income families report higher rates of food allergies than high-income families.
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Black Americans report higher rates of food allergies than white Americans except for wheat allergy.
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Babies with eczema are more likely to develop food allergies, with severity of eczema correlating to likelihood.
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Dust mites and shellfish share proteins, so dust mite allergies may lead to shellfish allergies.
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Elimination of parasites like hookworms may have caused immune systems to over-focus on harmless allergens.
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Early guidelines to avoid peanuts for young children may have exacerbated the allergy epidemic
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