Feeding babies foods with peanuts lowers risk of allergy

[Knut]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/201...vent-allergies

That's according to a big new study released Monday involving hundreds of British babies. The researchers found that those who consumed the equivalent of about 4 heaping teaspoons of peanut butter each week, starting when they were between 4 and 11 months old, were about 80 percent less likely to develop a peanut allergy by their fifth birthday.

[FireFly]

Also pregnant and nursing women eating peanut butter reduces allergies as well.

[4X4]

But there are also children with autism whose mothers ate peanut butter. I'd rather that my kid is at risk for peanut allergies than risk her becoming autistic by letting her mother eat PB while breastfeeding.

[You Need a Thneed]

Is it just me, but isn't this obvious?

[Knut]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Is it just me, but isn't this obvious?

Nurses have been recommending no peanuts until over one

[Old Yeller]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Is it just me, but isn't this obvious?

Totally, there are studies out there that show peanut allergies as almost non existent in regions (specifically large parts of Asia) where peanut consumption is much higher than in North America... and yet like Hesla said, some allergists have previously recommended no peanuts until anywhere from 1 to 5 years old.

I'm severely allergic and I think my mother was told nothing before age 3... then at that age I had a cracker with a bunch of peanut butter on it and that didn't go well. I have no other food/drug/seasonal allergies of any kind, but damn that stupid nut and his extended family just kicks my ass.

[Bagor]

Originally Posted by Old Yeller

but damn that stupid nut and his extended family just kicks my ass.

You're aware that peanuts are actually legumes and not related at all to nuts?

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Hesla

Nurses have been recommending no peanuts until over one

How are children to develop "immunity" when they aren't exposed?

[Buff]

Originally Posted by Bagor

You're aware that peanuts are actually legumes and not related at all to nuts?

Why didn't they just name it a pealegume then? Or a Peagume, or a pealeg?

[Knut]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

How are children to develop "immunity" when they aren't exposed?

In allergies you don't want an immunity. That is what causes all the problems. It is a hyperactivity of the immune system

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by Hesla

In allergies you don't want an immunity. That is what causes all the problems. It is a hyperactivity of the immune system

I was just coming to post this

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by Hesla

In allergies you don't want an immunity. That is what causes all the problems. It is a hyperactivity of the immune system

And that's why I put it in quotes, knew it wasn't the right word.

But the point remains, what better way for the body to learn to deal with such triggers than in utero, or early development.

I was just saying it seems like common sense to me, but maybe there are other factors and reasons.

[rotten42]

Originally Posted by Hesla

Nurses have been recommending no peanuts until over one

At 1.5 years my wife gave our son a taste of peanut butter.....he was in the hospital within the hour. His face looked like he had gone a couple rounds with Mike Tyson.

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by Old Yeller;5150695[B

]Totally, there are studies out there that show peanut allergies as almost non existent in regions (specifically large parts of Asia) where peanut consumption is much higher than in North America.[/B].. and yet like Hesla said, some allergists have previously recommended no peanuts until anywhere from 1 to 5 years old.

I'm severely allergic and I think my mother was told nothing before age 3... then at that age I had a cracker with a bunch of peanut butter on it and that didn't go well. I have no other food/drug/seasonal allergies of any kind, but damn that stupid nut and his extended family just kicks my ass.

Is it possible that all of the allergic children just didn't make it beyond infancy?

Thought this should be noted...

But Sicherer says we have to be careful, since some kids are really sensitive to peanuts.

"If you're a parent sitting at home with your child looking at them saying, 'Well, gee, they didn't eat peanut yet. Maybe I should run to the cupboard and get some peanut butter for them,' it could be a little bit dangerous because if you do that and the child has a bad allergic reaction, you would be at home and have a problem," Sicherer says.

So Sicherer says parents who have some reason to think their kids might be allergic to peanuts should get them tested first and then only try feeding them peanuts with a doctor in the room.

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed

Is it just me, but isn't this obvious?

Originally Posted by Hesla

Nurses have been recommending no peanuts until over one

Originally Posted by Old Yeller

Totally, there are studies out there that show peanut allergies as almost non existent in regions (specifically large parts of Asia) where peanut consumption is much higher than in North America... and yet like Hesla said, some allergists have previously recommended no peanuts until anywhere from 1 to 5 years old.

I'm severely allergic and I think my mother was told nothing before age 3... then at that age I had a cracker with a bunch of peanut butter on it and that didn't go well. I have no other food/drug/seasonal allergies of any kind, but damn that stupid nut and his extended family just kicks my ass.

Yeah, for the last, oh 25-35+ years conventional wisdom had a bunch of foods you weren't supposed to give babies until certain milestones, because the allergies could be so severe. Newer studies and wisdom is saying it's better to introduce foods slowly but early, to teach the system about them, much like vaccination teach the immune system.

In fact, a lot of studies are pointing to the overall rise in allergies as probably coming from the fact that we live in such sterile environments now. Well, at least compared to 100 years ago and further when a lot more people lived in farming communities and the like.

[Daradon]

Though, as the quote Wormius put up says, while experimentation early could be a good thing, you might still want to do it in a controlled environment.

[JonDuke]

Originally Posted by Hesla

Nurses have been recommending no peanuts until over one

We waited just after a year to introduce peanuts to our son.
When we did, it was a pea sized drop on the wifes finger. His face swelled up like crazy. Massive blotches of red everywhere. Sneezing, runny eyes, etc. One of the scariest moments of my life. Luckily, we lived super close to a urgent care center at the time and got him there.
Never again.
I am sad that I will never be able to share a Reese Peanut Butter Cup with my son.
Not sure if our daughter is allergic or not. No allergy tests yet, but we treat her like she is, just to make it easier.
Side note: Wife ate peanut butter during both pregancies

[_Q_]

I used to be allergic to strawberries, so my parents force fed me strawberries until I stopped being allergic.

Now I can eat them without any issue. With that said, it sounds to me like the peanut allergy thing is much more severe and could kill you.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by _Q_

I used to be allergic to strawberries, so my parents force fed me strawberries until I stopped being allergic.

Now I can eat them without any issue. With that said, it sounds to me like the peanut allergy thing is much more severe and could kill you.

I took the same approach to beer in grade 10.

[GGG]

I will have to read the study but does it divide the groups into parents with Peanut allergies already and the general public.?

I remember reading some research somewhere that in families with peanut allergies it was important to avoid the introduction early but in other groups it didn't matter.