nut allergies
Dangerous for some eaters
Nut allergies are immune reactions triggered by eating tree nuts (almonds, cashews, walnuts) or peanuts, which are technically legumes but grouped with nuts for allergy purposes.
Reactions range from mild itching to life-threatening anaphylaxis.
The condition has driven widespread food labeling requirements and nut-free policies in schools: The school banned peanut butter because of nut allergies.
- cashewsEdible kidney-shaped tree nuts
- pecansEdible tree nuts
- almondsEdible tree drupes
- chestnutsEdible tree seeds
- immune systemBody's pathogen-fighting network
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- nutspistachios, almond, cashews, chestnuts, cashew
- hazelnutsfilbert, cobnut, kernel, hazelnut tree, roasted hazelnuts