JodieO wrote:I like that they point out that some of the parents claim their children have allergies without actually having them tested. They just assume that they do. My college friend was like that. Her brother was allergic to eggs or something so her dad decided she must be, too. It wasn't until college until she tried them and discovered she had no such allergy.
It's funny that they theorize being overly-clean could be a cause of it. When I started living in NYC was when I started being hypervigilant about washing my hands because have you ever seen the people holding onto those subway poles? Ew. My last year in NYC was when I started developing food allergies... Hrmmmmmmmmmmm...
My Gramma always said "You'll never be healthy unless you eat a peck of dirt every day." There might be something to that...
very true! historically speaking, look how our European germs affected the native Americans; and even the diff't bird flus and whatnot that get spread so quickly by international travel. this leads right into the debate on whether you should vaccinate your children, and when


