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Article: Babies' peanut allergies studied
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- April 4, 2001
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CHICAGO - Women who breast-feed after eating peanuts can cause
peanut allergies in their children, research suggests. A study
published in today's Journal of the American Medical Association
shows that peanut protein is present in breast milk.
Babies are more prone to developing food allergies than older
children because of their immature immune systems.
It is generally thought that avoiding particularly potent foods
such as peanuts until at least age 3 will help prevent susceptible
children from ever developing an allergy, or at least will make the
allergic reaction more mild.
Dr. Peter Vadas, who led the study as director of allergy and
clinical immunology at the University of Toronto, ...