Scientists May Have Discovered How To Cure Your Peanut Allergies For Good

Are you one of the 15 million people in America who suffer from food allergies? Scientists may have discovered how to cure, say, a peanut allergy for good!

Researchers at New York University Medical Center have found that children overexposed to antibiotics were at greater risk of developing food allergies. Thankfully, they found a way to fight the impact of antibiotics. This could potentially cure people of food allergies.

The team was able to identify a natural bacteria in ya guts that keeps you from developing food allergies. When young children are overexposed to antibiotics, this healthy, natural bacteria die out, making them more susceptible to food allergies later in life.

They they figured this out by feeding mice an over abundance of antibiotics at a young age. These mice were more likely to develop an allergy to peanuts later in life.

THE FIX aka THE PART YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR:

After being fed a healthy dose of antibiotics, the mice were introduced to a solution containing Clostridia — the positive bacteria that naturally occurs in mammalian guts — and lo and behold, the mice's sensitivity went away. They were no longer allergic.

It may be awhile until something like this is on the market, but as a person who is allergic to shellfish (yes I was born and raised in Acadiana, and can't eat crawfish) I'm looking forward to this!

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