I don’t understand, peanuts are legumes, yet are considered a nut when it comes to allergies. To make it more confusing, what’s the actual difference between a nut and a seed? Pine nuts are a high nut allergen but sunflower seeds aren’t. Then there’s the coconut, which isn’t a nut at all, but I cant bring in coconut products to daughters class because they call it a nut?
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Also bear in mind that most people aren’t born allergic to peanuts. If everyone had early exposure then then only a tiny fraction of people that actually develop the allergy would develop it. In countries like Isreal they have tiny numbers of people wiht peanut allergies since a common snack for young children is peanut based.
[https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2017/01/10/peanut-allergy-early-exposure-is-key-to-prevention/](https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2017/01/10/peanut-allergy-early-exposure-is-key-to-prevention/)
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