“Our study results suggest a safe, inexpensive and effective pathway for allergists to treat children with peanut allergy who can already tolerate the equivalent of at least half a peanut, considered a high-threshold peanut allergy,” said study lead author Dr. Scott Sicherer, chief of allergy and immunology at Mount Sinai in New York City.

Children with milder forms of peanut sensitivity may be able to overcome the allergy by eating increasing amounts of store-bought peanut butter.

Children with high-threshold peanut allergies showed incredible improvements after undergoing an 18-month program using store-bought peanut butter to desensitize them. The approach could help nearly a million kids with this type of allergy.

A study at Mount Sinai has shown that children with a high tolerance for peanuts can significantly increase their resistance to allergic reactions by consuming controlled, increasing amounts of peanut butter over time.

Following receipt of increasing peanut oral immunotherapy, or home-measured peanut butter, desensitization to peanut protein in children initially able to ingest more than half a peanut was achieved,

A new study from the National Institutes of Health demonstrates that children may be able to overcome mild peanut allergies by eating increasing amounts of peanut butter at home. NBC medical contributor Dr.

Some children were able to build a peanut tolerance by consuming small doses of store-bought peanut butter, according to new research.