Why peanut allergies are plummeting

From Adam Ragusea.

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2008 study showing Jewish kids in the UK get 10x more peanut allergies than Israeli kids: https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(08)01698-9/fulltext

2015 trial showing early peanut exposure lowers peanut allergy prevalence by 80%: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1414850

2018 review of research on varying rates of food allergy globally and potential explanations: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6021584/

2025 study indicating that new public health guidelines have lowered peanut allergy prevalence: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/156/5/e2024070516/204636/Guidelines-for-Early-Food-Introduction-and?autologincheck=redirected

Dr. Dwan Price’s 2019 article on why peanut allergy is a particularly bad one: https://theconversation.com/tough-nuts-why-peanuts-trigger-such-powerful-allergic-reactions-127120