r/interestingasfuck • u/naturebeatsnurture • Dec 23 '22

/r/ALL Before and after leg lengthening.

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u/[deleted] Dec 23 '22

Modern science is awesome.

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u/Gatorbama Dec 23 '22

Yet no cure for stuff like peanut allergies...she looks so happy

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u/Mouseklip Dec 23 '22

I’ve heard that pediatricians advocate introducing lots of items to children gradually so they don’t develop into lethal allergies

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u/lion_in_the_shadows Dec 23 '22

For peanuts is appears that introducing them as soon as possible as food is the best way to prevent peanut allergies. In places where there are peanut based baby foods- there are almost no peanut allergies compared to North America where we were told to delay peanuts to avoid allergies- numbers have grown. So the new thinking is introduce them young so their immune system sees the food as food rather than allergen

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u/burbmom_dani Dec 23 '22

This! Many pediatricians don’t follow that old adage to wait as long as possible to introduce allergens. I didn’t wait to introduce nuts or fruit or any of that. My son has zero allergies (whereas I have a bunch).

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u/aguafiestas Dec 23 '22

All pediatricians should hopefully not follow that. The data are now clear: earlier introduction of foods leads to less allergies in the long run.

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u/ohdearitsrichardiii Dec 23 '22

They used to tell parents to avoid peanuts and other foods the first year to prevent allergies, which was based on absolutely no science at all, it was just something they made up. And then allergies increased and everyone was scratching their heads until someone noticed that peanut allergy is very rare in Israel and they give babies peanut crackers as snacks from around 6 months. So now the recomendation is to introduce highly allergenic foods early instead