March 5, 2016
ALL IN YOUR HEAD:
Eating peanuts helps infants avoid allergies, says study (AFP, 5 March 2016)
Feeding infants small amounts of mashed-up peanuts early in life may help them avoid developing allergies, even if they stop eating peanuts for a year in early childhood, researchers said on Friday.The findings in the New England Journal of Medicine have prompted global health authorities to reconsider long-held advice that babies should avoid certain foods, amid a rise in potentially fatal peanut allergies among youths in recent years.
Posted by Orrin Judd at March 5, 2016 9:35 AM