Littleton Pediatrician Advises on Effective Peanut Allergy Management

Peanut allergy is the most common type of food allergies, according to the Food Allergy Network. At most, 1.3 percent of Americans are allergic to peanuts and food products that contain them (e.g. granola bars, peanut butter, some Asian dishes). As in any other allergy case, avoiding peanuts is the most sensible way of preventing an allergy attack. New studies are disproving this age-old advice, however, at least with regard to peanut allergy. An experiment conducted by Kravis Children's Hospital in New York found that children exposed to peanuts via a "peanut patch," which contained 50 to 250 mcg of peanut protein, increased their resistance to the protein without any adverse side effects.
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