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Elizabeth White's first encounter with peanuts _ a nibble of a peanut butter cracker at age 14 months _ left the toddler gasping for breath. Within minutes, her airways were swelling shut. A mere fifth of a peanut was enough to trigger an allergic reaction. So it was with trepidation that her parents enrolled Elizabeth, at 4 1/2, in a groundbreaking experiment: Could eating tiny amounts of the very foods that endanger them eventually train children's bodies to overcome severe food allergies? It just may work, suggest preliminary results from a handful of youngsters allergic to peanuts or eggs _ and who, after two years of treatment, seem protected enough that an accidental bite of the forbidden foods is no longer a huge threat.
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