Baggs
*I think there’s a lot going on with food nowadays that we didn’t have to contend with when we were young. To take the OP’s comment about sesame and poppy seed allergies - I doubt very much that years ago either of those items would be in the weekly shopping basket.*
Exactly, sued! I don't think I had come across sesame seeds or poppy seeds until well into adulthood.
I think it is more that the foodstuffs we buy in supermarkets contain so much that is not food but food reduced to its chemical components.
I can remember back in the 1970s, when foodstuffs began to contain chemical additives asking myself while each chemical may be safe in itself, what happened when it was mixed with other chemical additives? There was no information.
There has also been a huge growth in the use of pesticides, fungicides, artificial fertilisers etc on farms that leave residues in the food products that cannot be removed by washing or cooking.
There are also the residues of human medication in the water supply. Residues from contraceptive pills are affecting fish in rivers, lakes and the sea, we consume these medical by-products as well. Then there are micro plastics...................
I also think many of these allergies were just not recognise. I have never been able to drink fresh milk, eat yoghourt, or soft cheeses, they makes me sick and upset my stomach, but I can eat hard cheese, cheddar etc without a problem. I have only recently discovereed that I am mildly lactose intolerant and this is not uncommon. DS is the same, but my early years at school were made hideous by teachers making me drink my free milk and then punishing me when I was sick because this mild lactose intolerance was not understood.
