The Peril and Promise of Peanut Butter
The spread that’s poisonous to a growing number of people also is the basis of a medical therapy that saves the lives of millions of children.
by Nicola Twilley
Jun 23, 2017
2 minutes
Despite their diminutive scale, peanuts play an outsized role in American culture. Peanut butter has long been a mainstay of the American lunch box, with its sticky, slightly sweet nuttiness flavoring the memories of generation after generation of kids. And it’s hard to imagine ball games without, as the song goes, peanuts, we discover how the humble peanut got to be such a big deal.
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