Why is peanut allergies so much more prevalent than other food allergies?
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They’re probably not the most prevalent, just the most commonly seen severe ones.
Why they’re so much more prevalent now than they were when I was a kid, nobody knows yet. Some theories suggest it’s due to our overdeveloped hygiene in the west. Others posit that it’s due to chemicals and things we’re exposed to in our environment.
We do know that people in developing countries don’t get allergies nearly as much, but when they move here, they do. I could easily see it being exposure to chemicals. Everything we touch is synthetic and probably treated with various compounds. Being steeped in that 100% of the time must have some consequences.
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