Australia starts world-first peanut allergy treatment for babies

by paulcjhon 7/31/24, 11:40 AMwith 10 comments
by standardUseron 7/31/24, 12:35 PM

I recall a study in Australia about 8 years back that gave young kids a form of peanut as treatment for the allergy and it cured all or nearly all of the participants. It sounded amazing. I always wondered why it wasn't replicated more widely (or maybe I just hadn't heard about it).

by Fire-Dragon-DoLon 7/31/24, 3:20 PM

Why most schools in Canada seems to have a no-nuts policy (nuts are very healthy), but peanuts are actually legumes? Why not have a no-peanuts policy and let my children enjoy walnuts?

by helsinkiandrewon 7/31/24, 12:46 PM

Same technique was discussed here a year ago (360 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35197835

by c0mbonat0ron 7/31/24, 12:04 PM

not sure why this is news. the babies are given "doses of peanut powder each day for at least two years"..

"world-first peanut allergy treatment".. thats like saying milk is a "treatment" to get your daily calcium. all theyre doing is feeding them peanut butter so their bodies get used to it from an early age.

israel has a lower peanut allergy per capita because the most popular snack there is bamba (peanut snack), any parent can do the same by offering more food variety to their children

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S22132....