For Ropers, that means avoiding consuming andbeing around peanuts entirely.??For years I went without eating nuts and peanuts,?? she said. ??Theythought I had a sensitivity to both (peanuts are a legume), but in the endit??s peanuts that will send me to the hospital.??In a recent study published by the Journal of Allergy and ClinicalImmunology, peanut allergies among children have more than triple