About one per cent of children have peanut allergies, and thousands of children each
year suffer severe reactions after eating peanuts.
In a recent study, though, nine out of ten allergic children were gradually able to eat
five peanuts a day, and NHS clinics could start using the method within a year.
Researchers in Cambridge looked at 99 children aged 7 to 16, half of whom were
given a daily dose of peanut protein equivalent to a seventieth of a peanut. This
doubled every two weeks until it reached 800mg, equivalent to five nuts. Select...
some children felt sick, 84 percent tolerated this dose.