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The Equilibrium Fund has taught more than 10, 000 women across five countries about Maya nut for food and income.
CNN: Maya nut changes lives while aiding the rain forest
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It is my belief that nut allergy and most food allergies are often a result of the body becoming sensitised to them through the skin.
BBC: NEWS | Health | Rise in multiple allergy patients
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With one tree able to produce as much as 400 pounds of food a year, using the Maya nut prevents rain forest clear-cutting to harvest other foods and increases populations' food supplies.
CNN: Maya nut changes lives while aiding the rain forest
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According to Allergy UK, peanut and tree nut allergy is the most common food allergy in adults and children.
BBC: Store pulls monkey nuts from shelves over 'peanut warning'
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As for the industries listed below, Sageworks data shows that Other Specialty Food Stores (which includes bakeries and confectionery and nut stores), Pet and Pet Supplies Stores, and Other Clothing Stores (which includes bridal shops, costume stores, swimwear stores, etc) all experienced sales increases of over 3.80% in 2010 over 2009.
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Some of the country's biggest baby food makers are defendants in the case, including Beech-Nut Nutrition, Del Monte Foods, Dole and Gerber.
CNN: Baby food makers in California court over lead warnings
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Results from the most recent nut allergy studies are helping doctors predict which kids have the best odds of beating common food allergies.
NPR: Studies Predict Odds of Outgrowing Nut Allergies
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Dixon-Woods agrees that better food labeling, more education, and stricter regulation is necessary to reduce misunderstanding and negative attitudes about nut allergies especially in the United States, where peanut-based products are ubiquitous and the word allergy is frequently used to describe non-life-threatening conditions such as hay fever.
CNN: Kids with nut allergies feel teased, excluded