Eating Peanuts While Pregnant May Up Allergy Risk
Eating Peanuts While Pregnant May Up Allergy Risk
Study Shows Higher Peanut Sensitivity in Babies Whose Moms Ate Peanuts in Pregnancy
Until more definitive studies are done, Sicherer says there is no reason to revisit the 2008 AAP revised guideline.
“We simply don’t have enough information to tell women they should or should not eat peanuts during pregnancy,” he says.
There is even some evidence that early peanut exposure may lower an at-risk child’s risk for peanut allergies.
It may even be that some at-risk children benefit from early exposure while early exposure increases peanut allergy risk in others, Baltimore pediatrician Elizabeth Matsui, MD, tells WebMD.
She explains that some experts now believe the interaction between genetic factors and environmental ones, such as when certain foods are introduced in the diet, determine susceptibility to allergies and other health conditions.
Matsui is an associate professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.
Eating Peanuts While Pregnant May Up Allergy Risk
Study Shows Higher Peanut Sensitivity in Babies Whose Moms Ate Peanuts in Pregnancy
Avoiding Peanuts: Good for Some, Not Others?
Until more definitive studies are done, Sicherer says there is no reason to revisit the 2008 AAP revised guideline.
“We simply don’t have enough information to tell women they should or should not eat peanuts during pregnancy,” he says.
There is even some evidence that early peanut exposure may lower an at-risk child’s risk for peanut allergies.
It may even be that some at-risk children benefit from early exposure while early exposure increases peanut allergy risk in others, Baltimore pediatrician Elizabeth Matsui, MD, tells WebMD.
She explains that some experts now believe the interaction between genetic factors and environmental ones, such as when certain foods are introduced in the diet, determine susceptibility to allergies and other health conditions.
Matsui is an associate professor of pediatrics and epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.
