What about other nuts???

I have 2 PA children. I never gave them lentils since they are a legume, however, I am wondering if they could tolerate it. Does anyone feed their child lentils, peas or other legumes?

Before trying almond you might want to ask for a capRAST test for that allergen. The figure is liek 30% of kids that have peanut allergies have other nut allergies.
If you decide to try it there is a brand that is safe for kids with peanut allergies. The don't process peanuts at the same place. It has been mentioned on this site, but I cannot recall the brand.
Legumes my daughter has multiple food allergies but she does eat other legumes. We do avoid lentils because I heard from a doctor there protein is similar to the peanut protein. I think the figure is 5-10% of PA kids are allergic to other legumes.
Those are just opinions and my experience so that are not worth that much. If you have a doctor you can really take all questions too call and speak to them.

5boys4me,

I'll answer here and then copy to the other area as well so you see the answer in both places.

First off I want to say that studies/tests have shown a detectable amount of peanut protein in 10% of foods labeled with warning labels such as "processed in" or "may contains".

We too were eating such foods until our allergist told us the info above. The problem is that it's like playing Russian Roulette. Today there might be no detectable amounts of pnut protein in those pretzels, tomorrow there may be lots due to poor or different cleaning practices.

In my opinion, manufacturers put those warning labels on their products for a reason. Either they are not comfortable with their own cleaning practices or they truly feel that there could be a trace amount of peanut. How much-no one can know or tell. As Ashley5473 said-it can happen. Why take the risk?

Regarding other foods/allergens. I am not an allergist, but I am of the opinion that it is not wise to eliminate foods from your diet that you are not allergic to as it could back fire and cause an allergy down the road.

That being said, there are people who are pnut allergic that are also allergic to tree nuts (like my son). And there are others that are only allergic to a single tree nut or peanut. However-tree nuts are often manufactured in the same facilities as pnuts and have traces of pnuts on them so many individuals avoid. As others have said, there are some tree nuts processed in dedicated facilities or you can buy nuts and shell yourself.

As others have said, peanut is in fact a legume and not a nut. But unless you have a history of reaction and/or positive testing to any other food I would not avoid a food or whole family of foods like legumes just because there is a peanut allergy.

My son is allergic to peanut and tests show soy as well, but he tolerates soy in processed foods, packaged foods, and even soy sauce. For safety sake we avoid whole soy. We also eat other legumes without issue. It's my opinion, much like the studies being done at Duke, that eating these foods he is not allergic to and even the soy in OUR case will help him to outgrow some of his allergies.

Our allergist told us that soy may be a false positive and only showing up due to the peanut allergy.

So as you can see, the allergy world is not cut and dry.

For safety sake, you could get skin prick and rast tests done on other tree nuts and see what the results are. But I would keep in mind that there is a high false positive rate and so testing and history of reaction should be taken into consideration. You can always discuss a food challenge with your allergist just to ease your mind and be safe.

FYI-pediatricians are still recommending waiting until after the age of three to introduce peanuts and I believe nuts as well in those with allergy tendencies. Again, I'd discuss with your allergist.

Hope that helps!
Ruth

tcasa5...

My PA son is 2 1/2 and is very allergic to peanuts. He already had an anaphaletic reaction and his Ammuno Cap test was a class 5, Peanut 75.40
He eats black beans and lentils very often. I'm making some lentils soup for us right now. He never had a reaction to beans, lentils or peas.
Good luck!

My PA son has not been tested yet, so we are avoiding all nuts, sesame, and soy. However, he does eat peas and lentils with no problems.