Nuts...why are they so bad

[NotAnotherScarf]

Nut allergy

Can someone please explain the fact that 54 years ago I started school and did 14 years without meeting anyone allergic to nuts...now everyone is and I can't enjoy a snickers without feeling guilty.

It is actually a serious question how we have got to the situation where so many people are in trouble if I open a packet of dry roasted.

I'm 59 and have a nut allergy, have done forever. When I was at school, people laughed because it was so rare, but yeah every man and his dog seems to have it now!

err NO! No one’s fault you’re allergic

Only Wild Strawberries are native to Britain. whilst commercially grown garden Strawberry is a result of crossbreeding two species brought from the Americas.

It was only for a very short period of time that women were advised to avoid nuts in pregnancy (1998-2008), so women were not avoiding them for generations up until the early 2000s.

I’m simply intrigued as to why every single time I’ve flown EasyJet (Paris-Belfast-Paris) there is always someone with a “severe nut allergy” and never on any other airline. I am a frequent flyer and use many airlines. On Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Garuda, and Air Vietnam they even give you peanuts when you board, and in your breakfast. Obviously I respect the EasyJet announcement and now expect it (I can last a couple of hours without nuts 😜 ) But why the geographical difference? Any answers from you scientists out there?

Peanuts are a more common part of the diet maybe? So people are exposed from a young age and even in utero so less likely to be allergic. In Israel a popular snack is Bamba which are a bit like a wotsit but made of peanuts and often given to babies during weaning. Israel has low rates of peanut allergies and it's thought to be because of Bamba (they are also delicious)

Louder, please. I’m sure that the hallowed “protect the NHS” lockdowns caused much more harm than good, weakening children’s immune systems being one of many ways. There may be fireworks when the lockdown generation grows up, and not only because of this.

I agree with this. Although, I introduced peanuts to both kidd at 6 months. Youngest has a life threatening peanut allergy. Go figure.