Mom’s nut consumption tied to less allergy in kids

In a study based on 62,000 Danish mothers, the children of those who ate peanuts and tree nuts while pregnant were less likely to develop asthma or allergies than the kids whose mothers shunned nuts.


The results support the recent withdrawal of recommendations that pregnant women should avoid nuts because they might raise a child’s risk for allergies to the nuts themselves and for other hypersensitivities like asthma, according to the U.S. and Danish researchers.


“There’s some mixed data out there and this current study is showing that maybe there might be a benefit to your child in having less asthma later on if you continue to just eat the way you’re still eating and not avoid (nuts),” said Dr. Todd Mahr, a pediatric allergist at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin, who was not involved in the study.

Source: http://www.health.am/allergies/more/tied-to-less-allergy-in-kids/

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