Peanut allergy

[Guest guest]

My son is very allergic to peanuts and needs an Epi-pen wherever we

go. Another child I know with autism is the same way. And what is

weird is both kids are gluten/casein/soy/nut free. He's the only kid

I know who lives near me who is on the same diet as my son.

[Guest guest]

There was a tragic death of a young child here in michigan a few years ago from this very alergy. The teacher forgot to take the epipen on a fieldtrip. so when the child suffered the attack, it was too late to save her. Ironically, it was the first and only field trip that her mother couldn't accompany her on. To those of you whose kids have severe lifethreatening allergies, please ENSURE that it is mandated school policy to have EVERY teacher follow a checklist which stipulates that these lifethreatening potentialities are NEVER overlooked Take care n

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[Guest guest]

There was a tragic death of a young child here in michigan a few years ago from this very alergy. The teacher forgot to take the epipen on a fieldtrip. so when the child suffered the attack, it was too late to save her. Ironically, it was the first and only field trip that her mother couldn't accompany her on. To those of you whose kids have severe lifethreatening allergies, please ENSURE that it is mandated school policy to have EVERY teacher follow a checklist which stipulates that these lifethreatening potentialities are NEVER overlooked Take care n

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[Guest guest]

wrote:

>>There is this big huge question: when I was a kid, peanutallergies were next to unknown. NOW ... it's common. Why?We at a ton of peanut butter back then: P & B sandwiches werethe norm. I can't say we ate very healthy food either. But wedid not get allergies much. Actually when I was growing up,I never did meet, or hear about, ANYONE with an allergy, andI was in a big school with lots of gossi

Hi ; Great observation!! Could be the additives of hydrogenated vegetable used in peanut butter to stabilize the consistency????? WEW

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[Guest guest]

Actually some of the kids and grandkids ARE doing

well, which is why I think it turns around quickly (i.e.

it's not so hereditary). I've seen families where

the parents are in bad shape, but the kids are fine.

On the other hand, some of the older Japanese

that live in hill towns and eat yams, are saying their

kids who moved down to the city are doing poorly.

So their good " healthy " heritage didn't save them.

And some people have switched back and forth

between the Japanese and American diets and

seen their bodies change within a short timespan.

The question is: WHAT is so different about the

two diets that it makes so much difference?

On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 9:50 AM, dorothyroeder <dorothyroeder@...> wrote:

> But their kids and grandkids aren't doing so well.

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[Guest guest]

Peanuts and cotton crops are rotated together to rebuild the soil. Cotton has the most pesticides of any crop. The pesticides could be the origin of these peanut allergies.

 

Peanuts and peanut oil are extremely common in most school lunches so that amount of exposure could just be too much for some kids. Sometimes it is in every item on the tray and there are no alternatives without it. Some kids are so allergic that even skin exposure will set them off to emergency room.

 

Testing says that I am not allergic to onions but the more processed the onions are the more likely that will have a day of diahrea but organic onions often are just fine. Keep me away from canned foods with that onion powder in them. Tiny amounts of exposure to the allergy just keep the body reacting seems even more than large amounts.

 

Just my 2 cents. Pam

On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 2:15 PM,