What foods often cause severe allergic reactions?
• Peanuts cause most food-related severe allergic reactions. In fact, peanuts or tree nuts are tied to most fatal food-allergy reactions. Tree nuts include macadamia nuts, Brazil nuts, cashews, almonds, walnuts, and pecans. For infants and very young children, the most common food allergies are to cow’s milk and eggs. In adults, the most common food allergen is seafood.
