Early Peanut Consumption May Prevent Allergy
Bad news for us food allergy moms who religiously followed the delayed feeding schedule for our kids. It now appears that delaying the introduction of solid foods, even peanut, can increase the risk of the development of food allergies or peanut allergy.
Early Peanut Consumption May Prevent Allergy
“A new study published in the November issue of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, shows that children who avoided peanut in infancy and early childhood were 10 times as likely to develop peanut allergy as those who were exposed to peanut.New research casts doubt on government health recommendations that infants and new mothers avoid eating peanuts to prevent development of food allergy.”
November 18, 2008 @ 2:23 am
This is a theory. There could be other reasons. It’s important to remember that.
November 19, 2008 @ 2:53 pm
I’m doubtful. I ate peanuts, tree nuts, soy and tons of dairy while pregnant and nursing my daughter. At 18 months I gave her peanut butter to which she had a reaction. We soon learned she was allergic to peanuts, all legumes, tree nuts, milk, eggs and sesame. Since she was exposed to all of her allergens during pregnancy and nursing I’m doubtful about this theory.
Susan
November 19, 2008 @ 11:20 pm
I agree with Susan; I ate peanut products, ice cream, cheese, et cetera when I was pregnant with my son — and then I continued to eat peanut butter on toast while I was nursing him because I thought I needed the extra protein. He is now 7 years old and still allergic to peanuts, tree nuts and any milk/dairy products. He was an extremely fussy baby with stomach issues and some eczema until we realized that he had the food allergies at around 13 months. I can’t even imagine serving him peanut butter (back then or now!).