Why are there so many people allergic to all nuts yet we don’t see many people allergic to all fruits?
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Notice the comments about exposing babies to certain foods at certain ages. Being exposed to something by digesting it lets the body acclimate to it differently than if it were inhaled as dust or absorbed through the skin. Nut flavorings, powders, and oils are EVERYWHERE these days.
Second, nuts have a significant amount of protein and fruits do not. Bee sting allergy, peanut allergy, gluten allergy, all these allergies are reactions to proteins. Fruits have virtually no protein in their pulp or skin. Reactions to sugars like fructose (fruit) and lactose (milk) are less allergies than digestive problems. *(Note, the reactions to itching plants like poison ivy are to immune response to oils. They’re not so much “allergies” we learn by exposure as “what these oils do to the body”.)*
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