Mom's Extra Egg, Peanut Intake Doesn't Reduce Baby's Allergy Risk
A 2,137-woman trial found no drop in infant egg or peanut allergy, despite higher maternal intake during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
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Can maternal diet prevent infant food allergy? A large trial puts eggs and peanuts to the test
A large Australian randomized trial of 2,137 pregnant women tested whether substantially increasing egg and peanut consumption during pregnancy and breastfeeding could prevent food allergy in infants with a strong family history of allergic disease. Higher maternal intake did not significantly reduce IgE-mediated egg or peanut allergy at 1 year, although the lower-than-expected allergy rate limited statistical power and the results could not exc…
Mom's Extra Egg, Peanut Intake Doesn't Reduce Baby's Allergy Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Women who ate a diet high in eggs and peanuts during pregnancy and lactation did not lower their baby's risk of allergies to those foods at 1 year in a clinical trial among families with a history of allergies. Randomization...
Eggs and peanuts did not reduce the risk of food allergy in children during pregnancy
The prevalence of food allergies in one-year-olds was comparable regardless of whether the mothers ate large or small amounts of eggs and peanuts during pregnancy. The results of the randomized study are published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
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