Fighting Against A Small Enemy: The Nima Peanut Sensor Review

Peanut accounts for the majority of severe allergic reactions, and so far there was no possibility to double-check the foods said not to contain the harmful ingredient. That has changed with Nima’s latest innovation, the portable, pocket-sized peanut sensor. I was excited to test the newest tool in the fight against food allergies. Here, you find my verdict about the peanut sensor. Peanuts are deadlier than tornadoes As odd as it sounds, peanuts might be more dangerous than hurricanes. While the allergic reactions to the underground seeds kill every year about 150 people, tornadoes stay in the range of 100-120 – except for some peak years. And in case of the innocent-looking peanuts, a minimal amount can cause a life-threatening anaphylactic shock – and if there’s no EpiPen around, the attack can result in a deadly outcome. Moreover, peanut allergy is more common than ever before: its prevalence has tripled in the past ten years. In the Western world, the occurrence in some populations can be as high as 1 in 200 individuals. In the United Kingdom, peanut allergy is present in between 0.4 and 0.6 % of the whole community. Approximately 1-2% of children in the United States have a diagnosed peanut allergy. However, in China, fish, shrimp, seaweed, and crab trigger food allergies, which make up only 3.4 to 5.0% of all allergies, instead of the peanut. In Australia, the frequency of getting a peanut allergy is even more unlikely: only 0.25% of the population is concerned....
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