Are peanut allergies as prevalent in Thailand as in the US?

There have been studies in the US about peanuts and what causes peanut allergies. The Mount Sinai School of Medicine conducted a study preparing peanuts 3 different ways (boiled, fried, roasted) to see if that affected the allergenic properties. read more

The majority of peanuts eaten in countries like Thailand and China are boiled, thus those countries have shown less prevalence of peanut allergies. China is the only country that eats as many peanuts as we do in the US - but again, most of theirs are boiled/fried and they don't have as many peanut allergies as there are in the US. read more

The relatively high prevalence rates the researchers observed may reflect continued rise of peanut allergy prevalence in the US, consistent with the rising trend in self-reported peanut allergy previously reported. The results of the study support that peanut allergy is a prevalent condition in US school-age children. read more

Peanuts are not all that common in Thai food, and I can't remember the last time I saw peanut oil on the shelf in a supermarket here (I live in Bangkok). Soybean oil is the most common cooking oil. Foods to avoid: Satay, pad thai and all "yum" dishes (often translated as "salad"). The latter includes Som Tam. read more

Peanut allergies in Indonesia & Thailand. I found an on-line article saying that Indonesia and Thai children don’t suffer peanut allergies in spite of peanuts being a large part of their diet. This seemed interesting. There are four possibilities: 1. They don’t immunize their children like we do 2. read more