1. Allergy Hypotheses
    Tom Hennessy Tom Hennessy Canada says:
    March 18, 2010 at 1:02 PM

    Coincidental they should mention peanut allergy. They have recently shown phytic acid which is a natural iron chelator protects people from peanut allergy.

    The hypothesis is iron excess causes allergy and this finding of the iron chelator phytic acid protecting from allergy adds to the evidence which gives credence to the hypothesis of excess iron leading to allergy.

    Excess dietary iron is the root cause for increase in childhood Autism and allergies.
    Med Hypotheses. 2003 Aug;61(2):220-2.
    Padhye U.
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    Effects of phytic Acid on peanut allergens and allergenic properties
    of extracts.
    J Agric Food Chem. 2007 Oct 31;55(22):9054-8. Epub 2007 Oct 10.
    Chung SY, Champagne ET.
    Application of phytic acid to a peanut butter slurry presented a
    similar result, indicating that phytic acid may find use in the
    development of hypoallergenic peanut-based products.

    PMID: 17927201

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