Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Allergy in Infants Prevented by Eating Peanuts Early

Feeding food containing peanuts to babies before 11 months of age can help overcome allergies during childhood, contrary to the previous advice of avoiding peanuts, found a study on Monday. The findings in the New England Journal of Medicine are based on a British study of 640 children, aged four months to 11 months, who were considered at high risk of becoming allergic to peanuts either because of a pre-existing egg allergy or eczema, which can be linked to peanut ...

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