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...early exposure. In Israel, children are typically introduced to peanuts much earlier than in Europe and North America. Lack points to a popular Israeli snack food called Bamba (like peanut-flavored Cheez Doodles), which youngsters start eating as early as infancy. That early exposure may desensitize children to peanuts, even in kids with a family history of food allergies. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
...childhood allergies could be prevented or cured - or even weakened - it could help quell many parents' outsize fear of them. "People disproportionately worry about getting extreme reactions or even dying after eating peanuts," says Clark. But while allergy experts agree that risks from food sensitivities are very real, the truth is that only a small fraction of patients develop life-threatening reactions...
...food allergies, many American parents - as well as the government and the food industry - prefer to play it safe. The Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act, which went into effect in 2006, calls for a zero-tolerance policy, meaning that manufacturers must declare whether their products contain even the tiniest amounts of allergens. Given that modern food flavorings and additives contain so many components, it's unusual to find a food product that has no trace amounts of allergens, even if the main ingredients do not contain them. "Nearly 30% to 40% of food recalls are due to undeclared...
...none of your coverage of the disaster in Haiti has there been any mention of the 200-strong medical and rescue team from Israel. They worked around the clock pulling people from under the debris, performing operations and even delivering babies. They were the first to arrive and were surrounded by medical teams from Russia, Colombia and the U.K. It was the same in the recent Turkish earthquake, the same Israeli team was there, and I looked in vain, in various media, for a hint of it. Yan Sever, KARMIEL, ISRAEL...
...none of your coverage of the disaster in Haiti has there been any mention of the 200-strong medical and rescue team from Israel. They worked around the clock pulling people from under the debris, performing operations and even delivering babies. They were the first to arrive and were surrounded by medical teams from Russia, Colombia and the U.K. It was the same in the recent Turkish earthquake, the same Israeli team was there, and I looked in vain, in various media, for a hint of it. Yan Sever Karmiel, Israel...