October 24, 20232 yr 10 hours ago, EagleJoe8 said: It's actually shocking when you see the numbers - I think back in the 80's - 90's it was like less than 3% I can only remember one kid in my whole entire school who had a peanut allergy back then. Some scientists have hypothesized that doctors telling parents not to expose their babies to certain allergy-prone foods early and often has actually lead to weaker immune systems and thus caused the spike. Other people blame GMO crops or insecticides like Round Up. I'd love to see the numbers between 1980 and 2023
October 24, 20232 yr 11 minutes ago, iladelphxx said: I can only remember one kid in my whole entire school who had a peanut allergy back then. Some scientists have hypothesized that doctors telling parents not to expose their babies to certain allergy-prone foods early and often has actually lead to weaker immune systems and thus caused the spike. Other people blame GMO crops or insecticides like Round Up. It's almost certainly the lack of exposure to the 7 major food allergens at young ages, including lack of exposure via breastmilk. This partially explains the sharp rise recently since breastfeeding had been declining for decades due to the emergence of formula. Possibly also the same reason why food allergies are more prevelant in affluent communities where breastfeeding is/was less common. Blaming GMOs is laughably stupid though considering peanut plants aren't GMOs, and pesticide use has gone down, not up, in the past several decades.
October 24, 20232 yr 9 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: It's almost certainly the lack of exposure to the 7 major food allergens at young ages, including lack of exposure via breastmilk. This partially explains the sharp rise recently since breastfeeding had been declining for decades due to the emergence of formula. Possibly also the same reason why food allergies are more prevelant in affluent communities where breastfeeding is/was less common. Blaming GMOs is laughably stupid though considering peanut plants aren't GMOs, and pesticide use has gone down, not up, in the past several decades. The only thing I'd observe there is that I think my generation (toward the late end of Gen X) was primarily bottle-fed, while the kids in elementary school now were more likely to be breast fed as there has been a strong pro-"breast is best" movement the last 20 years or so. I do think though this same generation (parents of kids in K-12 now) was told to delay exposure to things like peanut butter.
October 24, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, JohnSnowsHair said: The only thing I'd observe there is that I think my generation (toward the late end of Gen X) was primarily bottle-fed, while the kids in elementary school now were more likely to be breast fed as there has been a strong pro-"breast is best" movement the last 20 years or so. I do think though this same generation (parents of kids in K-12 now) was told to delay exposure to things like peanut butter. Yep, that's why I said had been declining. I don't have data on it, but I think the valley bottomed out in the late aughts / early tens. It's almost swung too far in the other direction though. The "lactation consultants" at the hospital my wife delivered at were hyper aggressive about breastfeeding to the point where my wife felt guilty to even have me bottle feed our oldest for just a couple times in those first few weeks so that my wife could get some sleep.
October 24, 20232 yr Just now, we_gotta_believe said: Yep, that's why I said had been declining. I don't have data on it, but I think the valley bottomed out in the late aughts / early tens. It's almost swung too far in the other direction though. The "lactation consultants" at the hospital my wife delivered at were hyper aggressive about breastfeeding to the point where my wife felt guilty to even have me bottle feed our oldest for just a couple times in those first few weeks so that my wife could get some sleep. Yeah we ended up shooing the lady out with my first. She got too aggressive. My wife wanted to breast feed from day one. But not every woman is ready, especially with the first. Eventually her milk came in really strongly, but the lactation **** being so pushy made you feel guilty if you weren't gushing day two.
October 24, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, JohnSnowsHair said: Yeah we ended up shooing the lady out with my first. She got too aggressive. My wife wanted to breast feed from day one. But not every woman is ready, especially with the first. Eventually her milk came in really strongly, but the lactation **** being so pushy made you feel guilty if you weren't gushing day two. Exactly. Looks like I was off though, it bottomed out in the 90's not the aughts. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK52681/figure/ratesof.f1/ We made sure to give both our kids a bit of peanut butter or almond butter, etc mixed in their baby food, and then eggs when we started them on solids. The only thing we didn't directly expose them to were fish and shellfish but my wife probably passed enough of that through breastfeeding that they've never had a problem.
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