Consumption of peanuts might be an effective way to prevent peanut allergy.

[Killer Monkey]

Having a peanut allergy myself, I have never wanted to do this. I've had people suggest it since I was like 7-ish but my allergy is much too severe for this to even be realistic. So, until they get a real fix I'm stuck with having a fatal allergy.

[Falkok15]

I have no allergies and I'm glad, because allergies suck from what I've seen.

[ichiman94]

The first humans who discovered cow milk were also lactose intolerant, except their children who drank that in their early years.

[capybarracuda]

[QUOTE=maeZtro;49884942][URL="http://www.dagensmedicin.se/artiklar/2016/03/07/intag-av-jordnotter-gav-effektivt-skydd-mot-jordnotsallergi/"]Source (Swedish)[/URL]

[URL="http://allergicliving.com/2016/03/04/leap-on-study-shows-childrens-resistance-to-peanut-allergy-persists-without-consumption/"]Source2 (English)[/URL]

[URL="http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1414850#t=abstract"]Study[/URL]

[URL="http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1514209"]Study2 (Follow-up)[/URL]

Peanuts are delicious. Also, don't stuff your or other peoples allergic children full of peanuts without talking to a doctor first.[/QUOTE]

I knew a kid with a peanut allergy a few years ago that was taking small doses of peanuts to build up a resistance, I thought this was already a valid form of treatment for peanut allergies.

[Nutsack]

If you take two kids:
-One from the country side, a farmer's kid.
-One from the city, who stays inside all day, an inside kid who hardly goes outside.
You will probably find that the kid who stays inside all day will have many more allergies than the farmer's kid. That's because the farmer's kid who's exposed to many more common things that cause allergies early on, has built up an immunity to most of these things that he's been around. He might be allergic to lobsters or something though, because he probably has never eaten lobster before.
The inside kid probably is immune to things he's been around like all of the materials he's been in contact with daily, but is probably allergic to a lot of outside things, such as pollen, or other stuff.

This is why if you guys have kids, make sure they are pretty active inside and outside so they don't have many allergies. More exposure to more things will make them less likely to have allergies. (is this proven scientifically?)

[ieptav]

[QUOTE=Samson0722;49898878]The inside kid probably is immune to things he's been around like all of the materials he's been in contact with daily, but is probably allergic to a lot of outside things, such as [b]pollen[/b], or other stuff.[/QUOTE]

I was outdoors quite frequently as a kid and I still had a rough pollen allergy. Plus I don't really know how you can avoid pollen unless you live in a bubble or somewhere with absolutely zero plant life, I could barely breathe through my nose until I was 20 when my allergy faded away.

[J Paul]

[QUOTE=GammaFive;49898928]I was outdoors quite frequently as a kid and I still had a rough pollen allergy. Plus I don't really know how you can avoid pollen unless you live in a bubble or somewhere with absolutely zero plant life, I could barely breathe through my nose until I was 20 when my allergy faded away.[/QUOTE]

It's not just going outside, you're supposed to eat local honey. Eating the collected pollen from plants in your area that were pollinated by the local bees that make the honey allows your immune system to be introduced to them in such a way that it actually does start to build a tolerance to them.

[lifehole]

Yeah, I dunno about this. I come from a family that has always had atleast 3 animals, and I'm allergic to all animal fur. That, and our family eats asian cuisine weekly and I became allergic to shrimp/shellfish like 3 years ago. Hell, I was famous in my family for eating a pound of shrimp in like 5 minutes.

I've no doubt the study is accurate, but I've seen tons of people just go straight out and approve feeding children extra peanut-based foods or extrapolate this strategy into other allergens as some kind of guaranteed fix for allergies, which is kind of uncalled for. I'm probably just succumbing to anecdotal bias, tho.