Not all people with peanut allergy have life-threatening reactions to it, but this lowly legume, more than any other food allergen, is capable of causing severe and sometimes fatal reactions. Moreover, peanut can trigger these reactions with exquisitely small exposures. In studies of fatal food reactions, peanut and tree nuts are responsible for the vast majority of all such reactions.

If you have peanut allergy, remain on the lookout for even trace amounts of peanut, which unfortunately shows up in a wide variety of foods. In the following sections I guide you on your quest to stay peanut free.

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