Re(3): SC - Re: sca-cooks nut allergies

[Sue Wensel]

> Most true nuts that grow on trees rather than in the ground, have 
> pectin in it.  I am deathly allergic to them, almonds, cashews, 
> walnuts, pecans etc.  However, last week the AMA supposedly had a 
> warning to preganent women not to eat peanuts or peanut butter in 
> large quantities as a study showed that those children of women who 
> ate large quantities while pregnant where more likely to have peanut 
> and peanut butter allergies.  It is currently the highest allergy in 
> small children in some portions of the US and all over England.
> 
> Annejke
> 
My lady,

Are you also allergic to apples?  Another substance that occurs in nuts that
triggers many allergies is tannic acid.  There has to be another one, however,
as I am quite capable of drinking prodigious amounts of tea without a problem.

Derdriu
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