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60k kids have avoided peanut allergies due to 2015 advice, study finds

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349 points zdw | 5 comments | 21 Oct 25 03:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.735s | source
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silversmith ◴[21 Oct 25 05:30 UTC] No.45652755[source]▶
Glad to hear grandmas approach of "just give them a bit of everything" has now been proven correct :)
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Terr_ ◴[21 Oct 25 05:36 UTC] No.45652796[source]▶
The problem is there are always exceptions, like honey for infants.
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watwut ◴[21 Oct 25 06:02 UTC] No.45652922[source]▶
Or alcohol. Or boiled poppy to make them calmer.
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1. cenamus ◴[21 Oct 25 07:13 UTC] No.45653271[source]▶
That was/is a thing? Opiods? Actual amount in there is the other question but still
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2. AndrewDucker ◴[21 Oct 25 08:00 UTC] No.45653523[source]▶
https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/the-addictive-history-of-m...
3. rsynnott ◴[21 Oct 25 09:02 UTC] No.45653861[source]▶
Yes, _huge_ thing. Most ‘patent medicines’ were either booze or laudanum.
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4. ◴[21 Oct 25 10:42 UTC] No.45654370[source]▶
5. watwut ◴[21 Oct 25 12:59 UTC] No.45655201[source]▶
My grandma talked about it. With "I haven't done that" comment, but yeah, apparently it was something she got advised to do in all seriousness.