From My Corner
The Nut Allergy Catch-22
For people with peanut and tree nut allergies, food choices have never been this complicated.
I’ve been allergic to peanuts and tree nuts my entire life. When I was a kid, it was relatively simple to stay out of trouble. I would ask if a food I wanted to eat contained nuts, get a "yes" or "no" and base my decision on that information. Through trial and error, I learned about cross contamination and to this day avoid any food that is the same shape and size as another extruded food that contains nuts and is from the same manufacturer. Similarly, if I want a bagel or bread in a shop that makes the bagels and bread on the premises, I ask if the nut products are made at the start or the end of the process. I take my nut allergy very, very seriously because people die from anaphylactic reactions every year. It’s horrible and, because …
