re: Peanut Allergies in school

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In medicine, the hygiene hypothesis is a hypothesis that states that a lack of early childhood exposure to infectious agents, symbiotic microorganisms (e.g. gut flora or probiotics), and parasites increases susceptibility to allergic diseases by suppressing the natural development of the immune system. In particular, the lack of exposure is thought to lead to defects in the establishment of immune tolerance.

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I think I said this earlier, much less eloquently. Basically, I let my kids eat whatever from a young age, even food they dropped on the floor. And they get sick much less than our friends kids who coddled their kids diet.