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Nuts...why are they so bad

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NotAnotherScarf · 22/05/2026 22:50

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.

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WhatATimeToBeAlive · Yesterday 18:08

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!

5mummy87 · Yesterday 21:38

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

timestressed · Yesterday 22:39

LarksAscending · 23/05/2026 09:01

Celery, wheat, strawberries are all native to the UK and major allergens.

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

Melancholyflower · Yesterday 23:21

Fluffybuns88 · 22/05/2026 22:59

There's a scientific reason for this!

Up until the early 2000s women were told to avoid nuts in pregnancy if they had certain health conditions like asthma, up until 2015 parents were told to avoid giving children any nuts until 3 years of age.

Studies now show that starting at 6 months and giving them regularly reduces allergy likelihood by over 80%.

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.

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