I promise to never complain about my allergies again

[VJ]

It's in the article. Exposing very young children who have the potential to develop allergies to certain foods and chemical allergens can make the child allergic to them in later life, sometimes violently so.

I wonder if this recent theory might also explain the increase in allergies:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/horizon/ghostgenes.shtml

Epigenetics adds a whole new layer to genes beyond the DNA. It proposes a control system of 'switches' that turn genes on or off – and suggests that things people experience, like nutrition and stress, can control these switches and cause heritable effects in humans.

FWIW, many allergies one sufferes from as a kid to tend to weaken once one grows up. As a child, I had numerous allergies (ranging from cow milk, fungi, some artificial colorants to various grass/tree pollen and animals); the allergic reaction usually was an asthma attack, causing me to be rushed to the hospital a couple of times. But now, it has been over 10 years since I had an asthma attack, the only allergy that remains is the hayfever (of course, I don't come in contact with the other allergens that often) and it doesn't trigger a violent attack anymore, just the normal sneezing/watery eyes/....


Jörg