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Modified Food for Allergy: Could Peanut Allergies Be Relieved By "Franken-Peanuts?"
This is Part One of a weekly, 3-Part Series on Modified Foods For Food Allergies.
Part Two is about fermenting soy to reduce allergens.
Part Three is about modifying eggs to reduce allergic reactions.
Would you eat a peanut stripped of all that makes it a peanut - including the proteins that could cause a deadly allergic reaction?
When a food allergic person reacts adversely to a particular food they are, in fact, reacting to the protein in the food. So, some people (geneticists, mostly...
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Expert & Community Posts
Modified Food for Allergy II: Fermenting Soy May Reduce Food Allergen
By Sloane Miller , Health ExpertThis is Part Two of a 3-Part Series on Modified Foods For Food Allergies.Part One is about... Read more »
Modified Food for Allergy III: Changing Eggs to Make Them Less Allergic
By Sloane Miller , Health ExpertThis is Part Three of a 3-Part series on Modified Foods for Food Allergies. Part One is about... Read more »
The Rise in Food Allergies Stirs Me to Confusion
By Sloane Miller , Health ExpertRead "Food Allergies Stir a Mother to Action" article by New York Times reporter Kim Severson. ... Read more »
"Your heart disease is 'genetic'"
By Dr. William Davis , Health ExpertAt 53, Sam had been through the wringer with heart disease. He suffered his first heart attack at... Read more »
Top 10 Allergies and Asthma Stories Of 2008
By Sloane Miller , Health ExpertIt's time for year-end countdowns and reflections on the last year. In the allergies and asthma... Read more »
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