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Article: "Outgrown" a peanut allergy? Eat more peanuts!
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- Life Science Weekly
- Article date:
- November 30, 2004
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2004 NOV 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children who outgrow peanut allergy have a slight chance of recurrence, but researchers from the Johns Hopkins Children's Center report that the risk is much lower in children who frequently eat peanuts or peanut products.
In a study published in the November 2004 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the Hopkins team recommends that children who outgrow peanut allergy eat concentrated forms of peanut products, such as peanut butter, shelled peanuts or peanut candy, at least once a month in order to maintain tolerance.
"The exact mechanism by which peanut allergy may recur is not known, but we ...