Since I'm me, I delved a little deeper. According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology:
- Findings from a 2009 to 2010 study of 38,480 children (infant to 18) indicated:2
o Approximately 6% aged 0-2 years have a food allergy
o About 9% aged 3-5 years have a food allergy
o Nearly 8% aged 6-10 years have a food allergy
o Approximately 8% aged 11-13 years have a food allergy
o More than 8.5% aged 14-18 years have a food allergy
- 38.7% of food allergic children have a history of severe reactions
- 30.4% of food allergic children have multiple food allergies
- Of food allergic children, peanut is the most prevalent allergen, followed by milk and then shellfish
I will leave you with one final thought - when we were getting our food from local farmers that grew things in real soil with things like manure and compost instead of insecticides like RoundUp, we were a whole lot healthier. Now that companies like Monsanto are messing with our food, we are a sick nation. Every step they take forward to make us "safer" makes us sicker. Girls and boys are hitting puberty at record low ages, yet no one has connected this with the hormones in the dairy we feed them to make them "big and strong". Feed a baby estrogen and things are bound to speed up. Put Monsanto bastardized wheat in everything, and suddenly we are a nation of celiacs. Well, one of the things that this GMO grain does to bugs is turn their insides into mush and kill them. Sound familiar?
Start doing the math, people. Fight for your food this weekend, and join a march where ever you live. If you're in the Knoxville area, come to Market Square and march with us. Rain or shine, it's time we took back the power and had control over our food.
Resources:
https://www.facebook.com/events/171120199707740/?ref=ts&fref=ts
http://www.aaaai.org/about-the-aaaai/newsroom/allergy-statistics.aspx
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/08/03/food.allergies.er.gut/index.html