"Early consumption may prevent peanut allergy, new study suggests"

[Delta4Embassy]

Study Early consumption may prevent peanut allergy - CNN.com

" (CNN)Parents who have children with food allergies know all too well about the headaches in keeping their lives "nut-free."

But a new study suggests that peanut allergy can be prevented at a young age by embracing peanuts, not avoiding them.

Eating peanut products as a baby significantly reduces the risk of developing the allergy by 80% in high-risk infants, a study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests.

Peanuts are one of the leading causes of food allergy reaction and can be fatal.

An estimated 400,000 school-aged children in the United States have this allergy, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

So far, the research on the prevention of the peanut allergy is "without precedent," according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

But allergy specialists also warn that peanut consumption in high-risk infants should only be done after medical assessment.

The research team, based on initial observations, found that Jewish children in Israel who started eating peanuts earlier, were 10 times less likely to develop the allergy than those in England.

In a clinical trial, 628 babies assessed as being prone to developing peanut allergy, were either given small weekly doses of peanut-based products, or avoided them.

Skin-prick tests were used to examine whether babies were sensitive to peanut extracts.
For every 100 children that avoided peanuts, 14 would develop the allergy by the age of five.
In contrast, only two out of every 100 children on the peanut diet became allergic."

 

[MisterBeale]

Or. . . . If you REALLY want to prevent peanut allergies, you could just ignore government, pharmaceutical, and medical recommendations on when to vaccinate your kids?

Peanut allergies are caused by anaphylaxis. Get some edumacations. lol

The Man-Made Peanut Allergy Epidemic A revealing history of a medical mystery By Heather Fraser

You could just delay at which the first vaccine is administered to your infant, reduce the number which are given in select time period, and extend the time period between the scheduled vaccines. And above all, AVOID THE FLU VACCINE!

Damn, folks are so uneducated when it comes to this shit.


"If vaccination is the functional mechanism by which millions of children have been sensitized to peanut why isn’t every child allergic? One researcher pointed out in 2004 that “Adjuvant 65 offers the advantage over mineral oil used in [other adjuvants] that it can be metabolized”. “Metabolized” means that the body can break down and eliminate the waste vaccine. This ability to detoxify varies between individuals and is today an enormous challenge for western children increasingly weakened by digestive imbalance.

And even if one does not accept the Injection Hypothesis, the balance between fear of disease and risk of side effects has clearly shifted. Educated parents for whom official rationalizations now ring hollow are beginning to refuse vaccination.

In the wake of the Thimerosol debacle in 2000 and the ongoing celebrity endorsed media campaign (generationrescue.org) which insists that vaccination causes autism, vaccine makers have been quietly phasing out the use of mercury in vaccines used in the west. Stocked batches of these vaccines have been shipped to China and other Asian and African countries where they have been administered to children, populations of new medical consumers.

In China, where peanut consumption is high, the allergy was virtually unknown in 2001.[6] Recent studies in 2008 and 2009 indicate that peanut allergy is on the rise in Chinese and Singaporean children.[7]"
The Man-Made Peanut Allergy Epidemic A revealing history of a medical mystery By Heather Fraser

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Stand up comic's routine on HBO think it was, drawing a blank on his name atm, had a bit about kids with peanut allergies. ...Louis CK (thank goodness for google hehe)

"“Children who have nut allergies need to be protected… of course, but maybe…if touching a nut kills you…you’re supposed to die....“Of course not, Of course not, but maybe, but maybe,” and then he holds his hand over his eyes and says “if we all do this for a year we’d be done with nut allergies forever.”"

lol

 

[Lipush]

Study Early consumption may prevent peanut allergy - CNN.com

" (CNN)Parents who have children with food allergies know all too well about the headaches in keeping their lives "nut-free."

But a new study suggests that peanut allergy can be prevented at a young age by embracing peanuts, not avoiding them.

Eating peanut products as a baby significantly reduces the risk of developing the allergy by 80% in high-risk infants, a study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests.

Peanuts are one of the leading causes of food allergy reaction and can be fatal.

An estimated 400,000 school-aged children in the United States have this allergy, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

So far, the research on the prevention of the peanut allergy is "without precedent," according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

But allergy specialists also warn that peanut consumption in high-risk infants should only be done after medical assessment.

The research team, based on initial observations, found that Jewish children in Israel who started eating peanuts earlier, were 10 times less likely to develop the allergy than those in England.

In a clinical trial, 628 babies assessed as being prone to developing peanut allergy, were either given small weekly doses of peanut-based products, or avoided them.

Skin-prick tests were used to examine whether babies were sensitive to peanut extracts.
For every 100 children that avoided peanuts, 14 would develop the allergy by the age of five.
In contrast, only two out of every 100 children on the peanut diet became allergic."

God bless good old Bamba!

 

[waltky]

possum's favorite sammich is peanut butter an' jelly...

Food allergies can be prevented by exposure to allergens
Oct. 21, 2015 - Starting at 5 months old, introducing foods children may be allergic to can prevent the development of those allergies.

Food allergies among children are becoming more common, but researchers found the best way to prevent children from becoming allergic is to feed them those foods starting early in life. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report prevalence of food allergies among children increased by 18 percent between 1997 and 2007, raising concern among parents. Because of the increase in children with allergies, rules have been put in place to prevent health events, such as not allowing peanut butter sandwiches at preschools and airlines not serving bags of peanuts during flights.

Introducing peanuts to children when they are infants can prevent allergies because their bodies slowly get used to them over time.​

Many parents act to keep their children away from foods which are potentially allergenic, including peanuts, soy, cow's milk, eggs, shellfish and wheat. Some pregnant and breastfeeding women even go so far as to avoid consuming the foods in order to prevent allergies in their children. A new study by researchers at the University of Manitoba suggests this is the wrong approach, and that children should carefully be exposed to foods they may potentially be allergic to. "It has been well documented that avoidance of allergenic foods is not preventive of food allergy," write Dr. Elissa Abrams and Dr. Allan Becker, researchers at the University of Manitoba, in a new study proposing guidelines for parents, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. "If parents ask how to prevent allergy in their children, our current advice is to introduce the allergenic foods at four to six months of age. Once highly allergenic foods are introduced, regular exposure is important for maintenance of tolerance -- children should eat these foods on a regular basis."

In creating the guidelines, researchers drew on the LEAP Study, which included more than 600 children between the ages of 4 and 11 months old who were at high risk for developing a peanut allergy. The children were randomized into two groups and asked either to consume a peanut-containing snack food 3 times a week or not, continuing until age 5. Of the children who did not eat peanuts, 17 percent developed the allergy by the time they turned 5, while only 3 percent of the children who ate peanuts became allergic. "For decades allergists have been recommending that young infants avoid consuming allergenic foods such as peanut to prevent food allergies," Dr. Gideon Lack, the lead investigator in the LEAP study, said when the study's results were released. "Our findings suggest that this advice was incorrect and may have contributed to the rise in the peanut and other food allergies."

Food allergies can be prevented by exposure to allergens

 

[waltky]

Peanut sittin' onna railroad track, his heart was all a-flutter...

... along come a choo-choo train, toot-toot, peanut butter...

Give peanut to babies early, advice says
Thu, 05 Jan 2017 - Babies should be given peanut early - some at four months old - in order to reduce the risk of allergy, according to new US guidance.

Studies have shown the risk of peanut allergy can be cut by more than 80% by early exposure. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said the new guidance was "an important step forward". However, young children should not eat whole peanuts, because of the risk of choking. Allergy levels are soaring in the US and have more than quadrupled since 2008. It is a pattern replicated across much of the Western world as well as parts of Asia and Africa. Parents are often wary about introducing peanut and in the past have been advised to wait until the child is three years old.

Peanut butter​

The new guidance says:

* Children with other allergies or severe eczema should start on peanut-containing foods at between four and six months old, with medical supervision
* Babies with mild eczema should have peanut-containing food at about six months old
* Those with no eczema or allergies can have peanut-containing food freely introduced

Dr Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said: "We expect that widespread implementation of these guidelines by healthcare providers will prevent the development of peanut allergy in many susceptible children and ultimately reduce the prevalence of peanut allergy in the United States." Michael Walker, a member of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, said: "The guidelines are based on sound medical research carried out in the UK. "UK parents should consult their GP, bringing attention to the guidelines if necessary, before attempting peanut allergy prevention in their infant themselves."

Prof Alan Boobis, from Imperial College London, said: "The previous view that delaying the introduction of allergenic foods decreases the risk of food allergy is incorrect and... if anything, the exclusion or delayed introduction of specific allergenic foods may increase the risk of allergy to the same foods, including peanut." The advice to parents in the UK is still being reviewed and Prof Boobis advised parents to follow NHS guidelines for now.

Give peanut to babies early - advice - BBC News

 

[William Joyce]

"If touching a nut makes you die, you were meant to die."

So true.