How Feeding Kids Boiled Peanuts May Prevent Fatal Allergies

A young girl smiling in front of the camera. Each year in the UK, the number of allergy sufferers increases by five percent and half of all people affected are children. ESB PROFESSIONAL/SWNS TALKER

A person holding a handful of peanuts. Parents should not attempt the therapy themselves. GROUND PICTURE/SWNS TALKER

Feeding children boiled peanuts may cure them of the potentially fatal allergy, according to new research.

A trial involving dozens of six to 18-year-olds found most became immune within a few months.

The condition blights the lives of up to one in twenty-five youngsters. Any contact with the snack food could trigger a reaction or even an anaphylactic shock.

The groundbreaking findings could transform the lives of thousands of young people, offering hope of a cheap alternative treatment.

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