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terrifying a full scale asthma or anaphylactic reaction can be.
I've never dealt with a peanut allergy, but I wouldn't question someone who told me that they had such a life threatening allergy that they had to avoid any exposure to peanut butter.
In my experience, some people who haven't had to deal with chronic diseases such as asthma, allergies, chronic fatigue, fibromylagia, psoriasis, depression etc don't have any idea of how debilitating these conditions can be. I've seen people over and over again suggest that if we changed our attitudes, ate better, got vitamins, did exercise, used olive oil, used aloe etc etc etc we wouldn't need to use drugs. The drugs are expensive, they have side effects and it's a pain to take them every day. We take them because they make a normal life possible. I'm sure that all the people out there with severe peanut allergies would love to take a pill once a day if they knew it would make them safe.
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