Feeding peanuts to babies could prevent allergies through the teen years, study finds Fox News
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Feedingpeanutbuttertobabies—startingduringinfancyandcontinuinguntilage5—hasbeenshowneffectiveinreducingallergiesintoadolescence,accordingtoanewstudybyKing’sCollegeLondon.
TheLEAP-Triostudy,publishedonTuesdayinNEJMEvidence,showedthatchildrenwhoconsumedpeanutsearlyinlifewere71%lesslikelytodeveloppeanutallergiesallthewayupto13yearsofage.
Thiswasafollow-uptotheLearningEarlyAboutPeanutAllergy(LEAP)clinicaltrial.TheNationalInstituteofAllergyandInfectiousDiseases(NIAID)sponsoredandco-fundedbothstudies.
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Intheoriginaltrial,halftheparticipantswereaskedtoconsumepeanutsregularlyfrominfancyuntilage5,whiletheotherhalfwereaskedtoavoidthefoodduringthatperiod.
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