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Peanut allergies have plummeted in children

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178 points JumpCrisscross | 10 comments | 20 Oct 25 18:09 UTC | HN request time: 0.396s | source | bottom
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aerostable_slug ◴[20 Oct 25 18:29 UTC] No.45647374[source]▶
Business idea: Allergen Aerator

Generate a miasma of benign pestilence in your child's crib, mimicking the protective inoculations provided by early exposure to peanuts and other potential allergens, "farm" air, and the like. It could be packaged with Flonase for sneezing parents and an 'essential oils' scent dispenser to cover the barnyard smell.

Use AI to tailor the precise blend of aerosolized rodent feces and tree nut dust to optimize your child's immune system, and et voila: funding!

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mauzy ◴[20 Oct 25 20:08 UTC] No.45648649[source]▶
Bizarre that this is the top comment as this would drastically increase the frequency of peanut allergies and, more than likely, end in multiple deaths. Research strongly suggests that the key is that the child eats peanuts before being exposed via other vectors (skin/lung) to avoid allergic reactions. Arisolizing the relevant proteins around infants is essentially fast tracking allergic reactions.
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1. ASalazarMX ◴[20 Oct 25 22:32 UTC] No.45650261[source]▶
> Research strongly suggests that the key is that the child eats peanuts before being exposed via other vectors (skin/lung) to avoid allergic reactions.

New business idea: Allergen Feeder

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2. ThrowawayTestr ◴[20 Oct 25 23:13 UTC] No.45650605[source]▶
Old business idea: peanut farming
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3. AndrewDavis ◴[20 Oct 25 23:58 UTC] No.45650888[source]▶
Funnily enough, one of the things we were recommended was a pack of mini nut butter jars. Made specifically for the purpose of being a easy way to expose little ones to a variety of nuts before they could eat the nuts themselves.

Then at each meal put a tiny amount on a spoon and give to the little one before feeding the actual meal, and each meal use the next one butter.

It was great. Sure I can buy peanut butter, or maybe cashew at a grocery store. But I've never seen pecan butter, Brazil nut butter etc.

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4. renewiltord ◴[21 Oct 25 05:02 UTC] No.45652624[source]▶
That’s not a new business idea. It’s been a thing since they announced the new guidelines. You can just buy the stuff https://www.amazon.com/Stage-Mix-ins-Allergen-Introduction-A...

My wife and I were always going to feed our child anything and she’s liked eating food off our plate anyway since she was 6 months old or so, but it was something we considered. So far the only thing we haven’t given her is shellfish.

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5. GuinansEyebrows ◴[21 Oct 25 05:24 UTC] No.45652722[source]▶
Okay Jimmy, let’s get you to bed.
6. jldugger ◴[21 Oct 25 07:41 UTC] No.45653417[source]▶
>You can just buy the stuff

Sadly, you cannot -- all the options in that listing are "currently unavailable."

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7. renewiltord ◴[21 Oct 25 07:57 UTC] No.45653504{3}[source]▶
haha, hilarious. I was going off past purchases. If you search, though, there are many alternatives https://www.amazon.com/Ready-Set-Food-Organic-Puree/dp/B0D9Y...
8. notahacker ◴[21 Oct 25 15:14 UTC] No.45656860[source]▶
I've heard stories of parents feeding their infants peanut butter in hospital car parks, just in case...
9. Nevermark ◴[21 Oct 25 15:54 UTC] No.45657321[source]▶
A feeder early would be so much better than long series of injections, that have been used to build up immunity later in life. For serious sufferers of pollen type allergies.

I don't know if ingesting pollens early would help, but it's a thought! Mixed into honey, perhaps.

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10. ytpete ◴[21 Oct 25 16:48 UTC] No.45658035[source]▶
Just in case: worth noting that honey is quite dangerous for infants because of the high risk of botulism, which infant immune systems struggle to fight off.