There isn't really that much to do because we don't really know how to cure an allergy per se. For young infants, it does seem like the earlier exposure to certain types of allergens does play a role. What's exciting about that is knowing that if we counsel new parents for their babies correctly and they start peanut products, and potentially other food allergens early in life, their immune system recognizes it and does not then fight it.
In the past few decades, the rate of food allergies in both children and adults has dramatically increased. What’s causing this rise, and what can we do about it?
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