Despite showing sensitivity to other tree nuts, more than 50 per cent of those tested had no reaction to an oral food challenge. In the case of almonds, 100 per cent of the patients passed.

Tree nuts refer to eight nuts: almonds, cashews, pecans, pistachios, walnuts, hazelnuts, Brazil nuts and macadamia nuts. Peanuts are not on this list because they are legumes.

Peanuts are not tree nuts and belong to the legume family. But they have a similar nutrient just like the tree nuts. A study conducted on 1,20,000 people found that peanuts intake was associated ...