tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post7839751276461765596..comments2024-03-29T12:21:24.976+03:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: Have a Food Allergy? It’s Time to RecheckDaas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-58042065172678462122011-01-14T06:58:55.594+02:002011-01-14T06:58:55.594+02:00If you'd like, I'll be happy to introduce ...If you'd like, I'll be happy to introduce you to a few native born Israeli with severe peanut allergies. Not a mild "eat it and get congested and have a little trouble breathing" allergy like I have, but the kind where they can easily die from them. Let me know if you're interested.<br /><br />I believe you're referring to this study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19000582 . For those who do not bother following links, the basic gist is that Jewish UK children were found to have approximately 10 times the rate of peanut allergies of Israeli children. While suggestive, it cannot be considered proven at this time. [another good paper to look at would be http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19432829 ]<br /><br />In the interest of full disclosure, I can share that our kids all ate peanut products "Israeli style", and none of them suffer from peanut allergies. Given an average of <2% allergies in the US population [note: not mentioned in the links above], these 4 samples are statistically worthless.Mikeagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827275300296295639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-47423645704423749702011-01-14T03:06:06.465+02:002011-01-14T03:06:06.465+02:00in the us, mothers are paranoid that their childre...in the us, mothers are paranoid that their children have peanut allergies. (i personally think the allergy is in the mother's head, not in the child's body. but if i say that, i'll get angry comments from mothers.)<br /><br />anyway, in israel, peanut allergies are non existent. <br /><br />because children are fed bamba from infancy.MiMedinat HaYamnoreply@blogger.com