Nut Allergies

[barry1010]

Why are people with a nut allergy also allergic to peanuts?

[calmck]

Peanuts are a nut

[barry1010]

No they're not

[calmck]

Some tree nuts contain different proteins to other nuts, so you could be allergic to walnuts but not cashew nuts. Careful allergy testing is needed to determine which nuts might be safe while others not. It might be safer for a person with a known allergy to one type of nut not to eat others

[carrot99]

I was surprised to find out that peanuts grow underground as they always look so clean when in their shells.

[gness]

Peanuts are a legume not a true nut. They contain similar proteins which could be the allergen.

I can eat any type of nut but can't eat peanuts.

[Ellipsis]

Most nuts aren't nuts. It's nuts!

[barry1010]

They're mucky when they're pulled up, carrot - just like the beautifully clean carrots the supermarkets sell :D

[barry1010]

You haven't got a nut allergy, gness - you have a peanut allergy. Amazing the range of foodstuffs peanuts are added to, must be difficult for you

[ToraToraTora]

is this whole thread a vehicle for barry to demonstrate he knows that peanuts are not nuts?

[10ClarionSt]

gness @ 09.58:

//I can eat any type of nut but can't eat peanuts.//

Have you tried eating betel nuts? If you have, do you still have any teeth left?

[gness]

A few close shaves, Barry, usually when a product I'm used to and think I know the ingredients but one's been changed. Or if somebody uses Ground nut oil thinking it's safe.

I'm lucky though in that as soon as I bite into the food my tongue and mouth flare up as though I'm eating popping candy so I have an early warning.

[roopower]

We had a child who had a severe allergy to peanuts at one of the schools I worked in. He carried an epipen everywhere and we were taught how to use it. Anything remotely peanut related was banned and we were careful with nuts just in case although he didn't appear to be affected by them. Fortunately it was a village school and parents were usually happy to tow the line.

[jno]

because they're usually processed in the same place as nuts?

[dannyk13]

I think peanut allergy is far more common than any nut allergy.

[diddlydo]

Does anyone my age (72) recall anyone being allergic to nuts when they were a child? Probably not so what has happened?

[dannyk13]

// One theory is that mothers in developed countries are now eating more nuts and peanuts when they are pregnant. This means their babies are primed for the allergy even before they are born.//

[dannyk13]

I can remember my wife had a craving for peanuts when she was pregnant.

[10ClarionSt]

Diddlydoo, I don't remember anyone having allergies to nuts either. I used to like those tiger nuts!

[jno]

dannyk, I would have thought the opposite was at least as likely to be true: an unborn child might equally develop an immunity to allergens?

[Mamyalynne]

Whilst this article has no clear answers to why there is a rise in allergies it remains an interesting read.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46302780