Give babies peanut butter to cut peanut allergies, study says
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Re: Give babies peanut butter to cut peanut allergies, study says
#2> Food allergies are the result of our immune system mistaking something harmless for a severe threat.
If you IDS has never seen X and X is unlike anything it has seen, it will probably flag it.
> There had been long-standing advice to avoid foods that can trigger allergies during early childhood. At one point, families were once told to avoid peanut until their child was three years old.
This advice was never based on science.
Cultures where infants are fed on the same broad spectrum of foods that adults eat have MUCH lower incidence of allergies. France and Israel to name two.
Datapoint of 1, I started giving my own child chewed up food I was eating at about 2.5 months. She was eyeballing some chicken I was eating, I popped it out of my mouth, offered it to her and she ravenously devoured it.
A couple weeks later, I wiped a small amount of peanut butter on her lip and checked for any allergic reaction, then proceeded to slowly ramp the amount the next day.
Same thing with shellfish. I am not suggesting anyone else do this, but it worked for us.
Train how you live as soon as possible.
Re: Give babies peanut butter to cut peanut allergies, study says
#3> Food allergies are the result of our immune system mistaking something harmless for a severe threat. If you IDS has never seen X and X is unlike anything it has seen, it will probably flag it. > There had been long-standing advice to avoid foods that can trigger allergies during early childhood. At one point, families were once told to avoid peanut until their child was three years old. This advice was never based…
On the other hand, my mum did the same to me with muesli and I developed a nut allergy.
Re: Give babies peanut butter to cut peanut allergies, study says
#4> Food allergies are the result of our immune system mistaking something harmless for a severe threat. If you IDS has never seen X and X is unlike anything it has seen, it will probably flag it. > There had been long-standing advice to avoid foods that can trigger allergies during early childhood. At one point, families were once told to avoid peanut until their child was three years old. This advice was never based…
Did I not read at some point that nursing mother eating the allergenic foods offer some benefits to the child as well?
Re: Give babies peanut butter to cut peanut allergies, study says
#5> Food allergies are the result of our immune system mistaking something harmless for a severe threat. If you IDS has never seen X and X is unlike anything it has seen, it will probably flag it. > There had been long-standing advice to avoid foods that can trigger allergies during early childhood. At one point, families were once told to avoid peanut until their child was three years old. This advice was never based…
Not sure how widespread this advice is, but my son’s pediatrician had us start introducing peanut butter before he was eating solids by adding progressively more peanut butter to his bottle. So it feels like this is becoming the recommended approach to avoiding food allergies.
Re: Give babies peanut butter to cut peanut allergies, study says
#6The research on peanut butter puffs in Israel convinced us small amounts were far better for our young kids than avoiding completely.
Re: Give babies peanut butter to cut peanut allergies, study says
#7> Food allergies are the result of our immune system mistaking something harmless for a severe threat. If you IDS has never seen X and X is unlike anything it has seen, it will probably flag it. > There had been long-standing advice to avoid foods that can trigger allergies during early childhood. At one point, families were once told to avoid peanut until their child was three years old. This advice was never based…
Exactly
How in tarnation did anyone think keeping babies away from the allergens would help with allergies is beyond me
Which countries has the least amount of peanut allergies? Countries where people give it without much concern
Thanks to these misguided though there are people severely allergic to peanuts
Re: Give babies peanut butter to cut peanut allergies, study says
#8> Food allergies are the result of our immune system mistaking something harmless for a severe threat. If you IDS has never seen X and X is unlike anything it has seen, it will probably flag it. > There had been long-standing advice to avoid foods that can trigger allergies during early childhood. At one point, families were once told to avoid peanut until their child was three years old. This advice was never based…
Not sure how widespread this advice is, but my son’s pediatrician had us start introducing peanut butter before he was eating solids by adding progressively more peanut butter to his bottle. So it feels like this is becoming the recommended approach to avoiding food allergies.
It’s become more widespread guidance in the last decade. There are a few studies iirc comparing cousins living in the UK as opposed to Israel. The Israeli kids get a peanut based cracker as a common snack and have much lower incidence of peanut allergies.
I think in the US the issue is that there isn’t a ton of published material on it. My info may be out of date as my kids are well past this stage.
Re: Give babies peanut butter to cut peanut allergies, study says
#9> Food allergies are the result of our immune system mistaking something harmless for a severe threat. If you IDS has never seen X and X is unlike anything it has seen, it will probably flag it. > There had been long-standing advice to avoid foods that can trigger allergies during early childhood. At one point, families were once told to avoid peanut until their child was three years old. This advice was never based…
On the other hand, my mum did the same to me with muesli and I developed a nut allergy.
yeah 70% not 100% some people will still develop allergies
Re: Give babies peanut butter to cut peanut allergies, study says
#10If you do this, be prepared with benadryl and be ready to handle the situation if your kid does have an allergy.
Speaking from experience, here. Wife is an ER doc and it was still a scary situation. (He's fine, but still has the allergy 7 years later)