Reading the 2/28 article in the Wall Street Journal concerning food allergies led me to speculate as to their cause.
The article stated that 1 in 13 school children in the US now have food allergies.
There seems to be little explanation for this drastic increase.
As a food chemist and the grandfather of children with food allergies, one of my own theories is that people have not changed, but foods have.
Hybridization and genetic engineering of food are ongoing. Our foods may be changing at the genetic level into foods that some bodies can't tolerate.
The implication of this theory is scary!
Could we be creating a food supply that humans can't eat?
The article stated that 1 in 13 school children in the US now have food allergies.
There seems to be little explanation for this drastic increase.
As a food chemist and the grandfather of children with food allergies, one of my own theories is that people have not changed, but foods have.
Hybridization and genetic engineering of food are ongoing. Our foods may be changing at the genetic level into foods that some bodies can't tolerate.
The implication of this theory is scary!
Could we be creating a food supply that humans can't eat?
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