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If you have food allergies, would you try to get rid of them by eating minute amounts of the food you are allergic to? 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. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006...

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hannah_h Female, 18-29 Midwest US Joined: 19 yrs, 4 mos ago 20,587 Posts	15 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 12/30/06 - 5:41:24 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Yes, as long as I was in a doctor's office or something where they could save me if I was dying or it went wrong or something.
trashycashie Female, 18-29 Western US Joined: 16 yrs, 11 mos ago 2,211 Posts	15 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 12/30/06 - 5:44:52 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message If I was allergic to cheeseburgers then yes.
mallory63 Female, 18-29 Midwest US Joined: 17 yrs, 7 mos ago 3,047 Posts	15 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 12/30/06 - 5:45:14 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Yeah. I don't have food allergies, but I am highly allergic to poison ivy, oak and sumac. I get it every summer and the intensity of the break outs has lessoned more and more every year. I'm guessing it's the all the exposure thats helping it.
psyndrone Male, 40-49 Eastern US Joined: 15 yrs, 7 mos ago 32,688 Posts	15 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 12/30/06 - 6:42:34 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message No, I'd stay away from foods I was allergic to.
_CRYN_OUT_ Female, 18-29 Eastern US Joined: 17 yrs, 2 mos ago 33,124 Posts	15 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 12/30/06 - 7:01:46 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message No, that's highly dangerous.
omgwtfho Female, 18-29 Southern US Joined: 15 yrs, 10 mos ago 1,552 Posts	15 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 1/6/07 - 12:48:39 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message On 12/30/2006 7:01:46 PM _CRYN_OUT_ wrote: No, that's highly dangerous. Probably more dangerous to not do it, then have a really bad allergy attack down the line because you accidentally ate something.
Ororoely Female, 13-17 Europe Joined: 16 yrs, 8 mos ago 431 Posts	15 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 1/6/07 - 12:54:20 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message I have a high nut allergie. If i eat one little bit of one it makes me swell up. When i found out i have allergies to nuts i had a whole one and nearly died.
mike23 Male, 18-29 Eastern US Joined: 15 yrs, 8 mos ago 3,334 Posts	15 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 1/6/07 - 1:15:26 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message I'd be very careful when doing something like that. Not without medical supervision. It's probably easier for little kids to outgrow allergies than teens and adults.
daffydoll Female, 18-29 Eastern US Joined: 17 yrs, 11 mos ago 14,485 Posts	15 yrs ago, 4 mos ago - Saturday 1/6/07 - 1:17:25 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Hahaha, what a coincidence! ...last night, this friend of mine who apparently broke out from strawberry and kiwi once was curious to see if she was in fact allergic. She kept on begging to try little bits of each... holding them right up to her mouth and everything, and I, sitting next to her, had to keep on stopping her!
rachael2424 Female, 18-29 Southern US Joined: 14 yrs, 10 mos ago 80 Posts	14 yrs ago, 10 mos ago - Wednesday 7/11/07 - 5:42:36 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message No...i'm allergic to it for a reason. i'm not gonna die if i dont eat that food forver, its not a big deal. but i'm not gonna test my luck by eating small amounts of food that swells my airways shut...i just wouldnt eat it at all
greegor Male, 40-49 S. America Joined: 18 yrs, 7 mos ago 1,208 Posts	14 yrs ago, 10 mos ago - Tuesday 7/17/07 - 10:03:52 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message This is the same principle as a vaccine. Y'all ARE aware that when you get vaccinated, they're actually giving you the bacteria that causes the disease, right? This sounds like a good idea to me. I'd do it. Except I'm not allergic to ANYTHING.
cryndigo Female, 30-39 Western US Joined: 16 yrs, 1 mos ago 35,382 Posts	14 yrs ago, 10 mos ago - Tuesday 7/17/07 - 12:11:43 PM EST (GMT-5) quote message Yes, I would definitely do that. I know from experience that exposing myself to cats and dogs actually reduces my allergies over time.
ang2pang Female, 30-39 Western US Joined: 19 yrs, 10 mos ago 53,227 Posts	14 yrs ago, 9 mos ago - Friday 8/17/07 - 1:39:12 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message No, I would just not eat that food at all to avoid it all.
KikiPeepers Female, 30-39 Midwest US Joined: 19 yrs, 10 mos ago 83,501 Posts	13 yrs ago, 6 mos ago - Friday 11/21/08 - 11:53:13 AM EST (GMT-5) quote message This is interesting... Drinking milk may ease milk allergy

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