Where is John Gruber's input on this? I remember reading about his boy getting the severity of his peanut allergy tested at a hospital when he was still very young (that kid has to be a teen by now) and the test ended up being a brush with death. Even in a controlled situation, under clinical guidance, the reaction was so strong they almost kid the kid. I think they were done having people playing games with their child's allergies after that.

Personally, I think there is something to this. I think that people have overcome allergies under certain circumstances, but John's story does make you think about the gamble being played here.

Bamba is a peanut flavored snack that's really popular in Israel. Think peanut flavored Cheetos. Apparently peanut allergies are super uncommon there because it's a typical snack for little ones.

My friend's husband is allergic to everything, especially nuts. Their kids snacked on Bamba as soon as they could have solid food and they legit don't have any nut or legume allergies. It sounds like a clickbait article (bored housewife cures allergies with this one weird trick) but anecdotally it seems to have worked and some studies back it up.

Bonus: they're addictively delicious. I used to get them at least once a week from an international foods store on my block, I hate that it closed because they're not easy to find and Amazon's price is pretty steep.

My daughter has a severe peanut allergy, and when she was a teen, we did at-home exposure therapy until she could eat three whole peanuts. It took several months. And she hated the taste of them. She decided she'd rather stay allergic than have to eat a small handfull each day to maintain the exposure. Now at least she knows what it tastes like and how it feels when her body starts to react. And she carries an epipen