«The big thing to know is that
early introduction of peanut foods, as early as 4 - 6 months in high - risk infants after proper screening, can reduce the risk of allergies exponentially.
Not exact matches
The guidelines recommend
introduction of peanut - containing
foods as
early as 4 - 6 months for high - risk infants who have already started solid
foods, after determining that it is safe to do so.
In January 2017 guidelines were released urging parents to begin
early introduction of peanut - containing
foods to reduce the risk
of peanut allergy.
«Since
early peanut introduction is a relatively new idea, we were not surprised to find that more than half (53 percent)
of those surveyed said following the guidelines was
of no or limited importance,» said allergist Matthew Greenhawt, MD, MBA, MSc, chair
of the ACAAI
Food Allergy Committee and lead author.
The guidelines recommend
introduction of peanut - containing
foods as
early as 4 - 6 months for high - risk infants who have already started solid
foods, after determining that it is safe to do so.
«The clinical implications
of our findings are that
early introduction of allergenic
foods (egg, cow's milk products, and
peanut) before age one should be encouraged and is better than
food avoidance for reducing the risk
of food sensitization,» said Mr. Tran.
Publishing in JAMA a group
of scientists have reviewed the evidence around
food allergies and report that
early introduction of egg or
peanut to the diet
of infants was associated with lower risk
of developing allergies to those
foods.