Not exact matches
True
food allergies affect 15 million
Americans, including 6 million
children,
with one in six at significant risk of anaphylaxis.
The
American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that breastfeeding mothers whose
children have a high risk of developing an
allergy (usually those who have immediate family
with a severe
food allergy) consider eliminating
foods such as dairy, nuts, eggs, and fish from their diet.
I was a former
food industry analyst,
with four young
children, limited time and a limited budget, and I wasn't particularly sensitive to any of it and almost entirely ignorant about the dangers in our
food supply and the sudden increase in the rates of
allergies, autism, ADHD and asthma in
American children.
By contrast,
American mothers who already have
children with allergies might be advised to avoid specific
foods during a later pregnancy, based on the theory that the baby will not become allergic this way.