Monday, February 23, 2015

Early introduction of peanut protein probably reduces peanut allergy risk

Does eating peanut protein in infancy reduce peanut allergy risk later?
This New England Journal of Medicine article published online today seems to indicate yes.  As the NYT article below explains, there has been mounting published data over the last decade to support this theory.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/23/feeding-infants-peanut-products-could-prevent-allergies-study-suggests/?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share