It's a possibility.
https://www.healthline.com/health/multip...ial-causes
At least it has not been ruled out.
And I've been suspicious about modern food processing techniques since I realized that when I was in grade school no one ever heard of a "peanut allergy." This was the 50's and early 60's and every other kid brought a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to school for lunch and no one ever collapsed into a quivering puddle of piss because there was a peanut in the cafeteria. It is not logical to assume that the peanuts changed. It is also not logical to assume that humans changed. Evolution does not work that fast. So what chemicals were introduced into the peanut manufacturing and preserving business? IOW, people who now get deathly ill from exposure to peanuts may not be reacting to the nut but rather to what the producers put into the nut.
I've had the same discussion with vets when they start talking about food allergies in dogs; to chicken, to grain, to whatever. The chicken hasn't changed but now they shoot it up with all sorts of chemicals during processing.
So I don't think you're crazy, Atlas. The problem is that you then get into the genetic component wherein some people do not react at all and others get deathly ill.
Aye, there's the rub, to quote the bard.
https://www.healthline.com/health/multip...ial-causes
Quote:Scientists believe that people with MS are born with a genetic susceptibility to react to certain (unknown) environmental agents. An autoimmune response is triggered when they encounter these agents.
At least it has not been ruled out.
And I've been suspicious about modern food processing techniques since I realized that when I was in grade school no one ever heard of a "peanut allergy." This was the 50's and early 60's and every other kid brought a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to school for lunch and no one ever collapsed into a quivering puddle of piss because there was a peanut in the cafeteria. It is not logical to assume that the peanuts changed. It is also not logical to assume that humans changed. Evolution does not work that fast. So what chemicals were introduced into the peanut manufacturing and preserving business? IOW, people who now get deathly ill from exposure to peanuts may not be reacting to the nut but rather to what the producers put into the nut.
I've had the same discussion with vets when they start talking about food allergies in dogs; to chicken, to grain, to whatever. The chicken hasn't changed but now they shoot it up with all sorts of chemicals during processing.
So I don't think you're crazy, Atlas. The problem is that you then get into the genetic component wherein some people do not react at all and others get deathly ill.
Aye, there's the rub, to quote the bard.
