Friday 6 January 2017

NIH: Give infants peanuts at 4-6 mos to avoid dangerous allergies

NIH: Give infants peanuts at 4-6 mos to avoid dangerous allergies

In recent years, peanut allergies among kids have soared, creating life-long sensitivities that can be deadly and banishing beloved PB&Js from lunch boxes everywhere. While the cause is still unclear, health experts are confident they’ve found the solution to the plague of peanut allergies: peanuts. Parents, pediatricians, and other healthcare providers are now firmly advised to start feeding infants peanut-laced foods to head off allergies before they develop.
Read more: http://arstechnica.com/science/2017/01/to-cut-risk-of-peanut-allergies-start-kids-on-peanuts-young-nih-says/?source=Snapzu

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