If you grew up on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, the more recent explosion of childhood food allergies may have created unexpected challenges to providing safe and nutrition lunches to your own little ones. “Allergies to peanuts, which are legumes like beans and peas, and tree nuts like walnuts, pecans and almonds, can be triggered […]
To Curb Peanut Allergies, Feed Them Peanuts Early
The National Institutes of Health is aiming to significantly reduce peanut allergies with new guidelines that call for introducing peanut products to infants. Peanut allergies are a growing problem and can be severe or life threatening. The old advice was against exposing babies to peanut products. But a landmark study prompting the new guidelines found […]