Eat products containing peanuts when baby avoids the risk of developing an allergy to this component, says a new study that confirms previous results.
A study published last year for the first time said that early exposure to peanut products may reduce the risk of allergy.
According to research, children with high risk of peanut allergies who ate up to 5 years were 80% less likely to develop allergies than those who did not eat the nut.
Researchers at King's College London say then that the results could lead to develop new guidelines on public health.
Now, new research claims that protection against allergies can last over time, even if the person then stops taking peanut snacks for a year.
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, examined 550 children with a tendency to develop peanut allergy.
Perfecta self-fulfilling
The new study suggests that if a child has peanut snacks consumed in the first 11 months of life, at the age of five may stop eating them for a year and not develop any allergies.
"It clearly demonstrates that most children were kept protected and that protection was durable" The study's lead author, Gideon Lack, said:
The study's author, Gideon Lack, said much of the problem is the "culture of fear" to allergy.
"I think this fear of allergy is a self-fulfilling prophecy, because the food is excluded from the diet and as a result, the child does not develop tolerance," he told the BBC.
Professor Lack said more studies are needed to see if the stiff resistance for a period substantially longer than the period of withdrawal of 12 months.
A study published last year for the first time said that early exposure to peanut products may reduce the risk of allergy.
According to research, children with high risk of peanut allergies who ate up to 5 years were 80% less likely to develop allergies than those who did not eat the nut.
Researchers at King's College London say then that the results could lead to develop new guidelines on public health.
Now, new research claims that protection against allergies can last over time, even if the person then stops taking peanut snacks for a year.
The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, examined 550 children with a tendency to develop peanut allergy.
Perfecta self-fulfilling
The new study suggests that if a child has peanut snacks consumed in the first 11 months of life, at the age of five may stop eating them for a year and not develop any allergies.
"It clearly demonstrates that most children were kept protected and that protection was durable" The study's lead author, Gideon Lack, said:
The study's author, Gideon Lack, said much of the problem is the "culture of fear" to allergy.
"I think this fear of allergy is a self-fulfilling prophecy, because the food is excluded from the diet and as a result, the child does not develop tolerance," he told the BBC.
Professor Lack said more studies are needed to see if the stiff resistance for a period substantially longer than the period of withdrawal of 12 months.
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