IF YOU WERE ever worried that treating your four-month-old nephew to peanut butter might have been a health hazard, you ( and he) may be safe: New research casts doubt on the notion that infants and new mothers should avoid eating peanuts to prevent the development of a food allergy.
The study, published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, reveals that children who were not given peanuts during infancy and early childhood were ten times more likely to develop peanut allergy than children who were exposed to peanuts.
While the researchers suggest dietary guidelines that advise against peanuts during pregnancy, breastfeeding and infancy could be linked to the higher number of peanut allergies in recent years, they caution that further evidence is needed before recommendations are changed.
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