Article: Babies' peanut allergies studied

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, ...

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