Contrary to what you might have heard, eating tiny amounts of peanuts does not appear to help a person with a peanut allergy build up a tolerance in the real world. Conversely, no patient had a cure," said Chu, who has a peanut allergy himself. Janet Glendunning and her daughter Chloe, who is receiving oral immunotherapy in the form of nut protein mixed with apple sauce at the allergist's office. "Oral immunotherapy is very effective but causes lots of adverse effects, whereas skin-based immunotherapy is not as effective but has fewer side-effects. The advice to introduce peanut products into the infant diet to prevent cases of peanut allergy still stands.

Source: CBC News April 25, 2019 22:31 UTC