Consuming Peanuts in Infancy Lessens Risk of Allergy, Says New Study
Contrary to everything that many parents around the world have been told for years, it has been found that consuming peanuts in infancy appears to lessen, not increase, a child's risk of developing a peanut allergy. This research comes from Gideon Lack at King's College London.
The team analyzed nearly 9,000 food allergy surveys sent to thousands of Jewish families in London and Tel Aviv. Peanut allegies showed up in 0.17 percent of the Israeli children and 1.85 percent of the British children, making the British children six times as likely to have a peanut allergy. The surveys revealed that early peanut consumption was more common in Israel; at 9 months of age 69 percent of Israeli babies had started eating some form of peanuts.
However, before you start feeding your baby any peanut products, be sure to ask your pediatrician first!
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