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SideburnSundays t1_j27asez wrote

News like this always makes me wonder:

  • How does humanity survive with so many allergens?

  • Why so many new allergens in the last ~20 years? Better diagnostics, or were these allergies not a thing 20 years ago?

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MidLifeHalfHouse t1_j27ymc5 wrote

>these allergies not a thing 20 years ago?

This. The younger you are, the more likely you have a food allergy.

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scummy_shower_stall t1_j28iw1o wrote

I’ve heard it’s related to the fact that the younger generation aren’t as exposed to nature as much on the one hand, but also chemicals in housing on the other. I know here in Japan, in the last few years, allergies are suddenly spiking.

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shewy92 t1_j2e78wi wrote

> How does humanity survive with so many allergens? > >

They adapt or die. Nowadays it's easier to adapt but that's because of modern medicine and food safety practices. You were SOL and at the whims of Darwin's survival of the fittest back in the old days though

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