What is in peanuts that makes allergies to them so common compared to other food stuffs?
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Peanut allergies are really quite rare, the problem is that if you are allergic, the reaction can be SEVERE (like, you can die).
There’s lots of allergic reactions people can get from food, shellfish is a common-ish one, celery is an allergen. (Yeah, celery, which is just a green stick, is an allergen).
Milk/dairy is super common. (Compared to other allergens).
There are a lot of foods that people can be allergic to, but peanuts is one of the best known ones, not due to it’s commonality, but because of how severe it can be.
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