Peanut And Tree Nuts

Offering sufficient amounts of nutritious food in schools is more significant than many comprehend. Students who consume full, nourishing meals for breakfast and lunch benefit

I first went with an article published back in 2009 which argues that most schools at the time were over reacting to peanut allergies. The article titled Have Americans Gone Nuts Over Nut Allergies? by Tiffany Sharples in Time magazine uses three extreme cases where schools over reacted to peanut allergies. One case the article discusses is that of a San Francisco school where the school nurse forced children to scrub their hand prior to entering the school and then confiscated packed lunches to remove any peanut based products. Another example was that of a Connecticut town that cut down three nut bearing trees because the grandmother of one student complained it posed a threat to her grandson who had a sever nut allergy. The author’s final example is a Massachusetts school bus that was evacuated because a stray peanut was found on the floor of the bus. These are excellent examples of how schools have over reacted to peanut allergies over the years. The author also uses two doctors to evaluate whether reactions like the ones described were over reactions. Both doctors did agree the instances were extreme but felt the public at large responds more reasonably. One doctor in the article suggest that reactions like these are caused by social spread of anxiety and over diagnosis. The author also mentions parents

Contact with certain fields can be fatal for some children with allergies. This means that great care has to be taken and I system must be designed to vent children from coming into contact with their allergen (for example nuts or dairy products). Where the allergy is severe, this may affect the food that can be prepared and eating in the setting as some children can have a reaction just from being near other children who are eating food containing and allergen.

This was a rare day in my everyday life of being allergic to nuts and sesame seeds. Many people have heard about food allergies, but do not actually know what they are. A food allergy is when the immune system produces antibodies in defense against a substance that is actually not harmful to the body. There is no cure for food allergies yet, and the reaction can ultimately be life threatening. Dealing with an allergy is an everyday challenge that has forced me to become more aware of the food I eat. My family and I discovered my allergy at a young age, and one of the ways I manage it is by always

Everyone loves sugar filled snacks, especially children. A kid’s day can be made so much better just by handing them their favorite candy bar. This is something students looked forward to during their school day. Sadly, this was made to change. Schools started banning snacks, and drinks based on their unhealthy effect they have on individuals. According to Beverly Ballaro and Ann Griswold in "Junk Food in Schools: An Overview,” this change occurred when Michelle Obama launched her project for healthy eating in 2010. Let’s Move! Was her way to fix child obesity in America. This directed schools to feed children healthier options, and twice as many vegetables or fruit. This was not a necessity for public schools across the United States. Students should not be limited to what they eat in school. As long as they are being fed their basic lunch, it should not be important what they decide to snack on.

In children under the age of two years, does the introduction of peanut based foods help decrease the incidents of peanut allergies compared to the delayed introduction of peanut based foods within the first year of life.

“The peanut is responsible for allergic reactions in both children and adults. Over the last several decades the incidence of peanut allergy in children has dramatically increased. Now, about 1% of children in the United States have peanut allergy. Peanut allergy is probably the most common cause of death from food anaphylaxis in the United States. Peanut allergy, unlike other food allergies, is rarely outgrown, with only about 20% of patients losing their sensitivity over time. Once a diagnosis has been made, peanuts should be treated with strict avoidance” (Lieberman & Anderson, 2007, pg

Peanuts are very commonly used in the preparation of food items. ("Peanut Allergy...The Shocking Facts - Allergies: Allergy Symptoms, Treatment, and Medications on MedicineNet.com", n.d.)

In life I have always been plagued with questions about my peanut allergy. Every single person has their own ideas on what would happen to a person with a peanut allergy and I am here to set things straight. I cannot say how many times I am asked, “what happens when you touch a peanut?” When a person with a peanut allergy comes in contact with peanuts, they do not immediately puff up like they do in “Meet the Robinsons,” nor do they swell to almost triple their size. The reaction, called Anaphylaxis, could happen in minutes or it could take up to four hours for the reaction to appear (Murphy). I hear so many stories about how peanut oil will start a reaction, and that is only true in some cases. Pure refined peanut oil cannot cause a reaction to a person with a peanut allergy, the proteins in the peanuts that cause the reaction have been stripped away (Murphy). I am always warned whenever

Have you ever seen a story on the news of a student that died from a peanut allergy? Many stories of peanut reactions in schools prove that they should be banned because of unnecessary deaths. This is a controversial topic, some people agree with banning peanuts and believe they should be banned from schools. Others, think that peanuts should not be banned. I claim peanuts should be banned because kids die every year in schools because of these allergies, even after lunch kids could have a reaction, and because kids should be able to feel safe in school.

You may never know if a student is allergic to the food that the school provides until he or she is sick.Some students won’t eat the school food provided, which could make them starve if they don’t eat their lunch.Some school doesn’t taste too good to eat but I will eat whats put jn front of me. I do like eating fast food every once in awhile but at the same time it gives students some free time to be outside and visit with their friends. I feel that the food our school provides is just as bad as the fast food that we eat on a daily basis.

Another reason why unhealthy foods should be eliminated from schools is because having only healthy foods in school helps families take good care of their kids. To start things off, many students with working parents do not have someone to make a nutritional meal for them. Now, imagine two parents who work five days a week. They do not know what their child is eating in school since

Schools should ban peanuts from schools because they can feel unsafe. They will be worried when they might smell peanuts or when they may have accidentally touched a peanut. If they do make contact or even smell peanuts they will have an allergic reaction called anaphylaxis. Some effects of anaphylaxis may include feeling uneasy at first, dizziness, difficulty breathing and sometimes even fainting. This can be life threatening. Knowing this, kids can feel very unsafe.

Now I don’t want to sound like I don’t care about people with food allergies because I do care. Individuals with food allergies without a doubt deserve respect and consideration, no parent or child should be afraid of going to school because of their food sensitivities. But my basic common sense has been gnawing at the back of my mind on this subject. Did people just not care about the children when I was growing up? Did people just not have food allergies then? Surely it couldn’t be those things. No, it has to be public awareness to food allergies, plain and simple. And the school has every right to have some sort of rules regarding this subject, after all the student’s safety is of utmost importance, but in their hastiness to assuage the concerns of parents everywhere they threw out a blanket solution that quite frankly is unnecessary and extreme.

Dear Principal, sometimes school can be tiring and children just need something to refill their energy, even though they do have a lunchbreak, but seeing them doesn’t look like lunch is enough to keep them focused through the day. So, for the one rule that should be changed in schools should be (no snacks). If teachers can take snacks breaks in school between classes then why can't school children have snacks? The Center of Science in the Public Interest reports that snacks are beneficial for children, promoting good nutrition, encouraging healthy habits, and for the most part preventing any diseases. If snacks are used in a good need, it will help children focus in class and it may lead to good grades in school. They need to be able to