Exposing infants to peanuts lowers risk of allergy

[mesquite]

Researchers followed 640 British babies 4 months to 11 months old who were considered at high risk of developing peanut allergies because they had eczema or an egg allergy. One group avoided peanuts; the other ate a small amount of peanut protein every week. After five years the kids eating peanuts had 81 percent fewer peanut allergies than the group that didn't eat them.

www.cbsnews.com/news/exposing-infants-to-peanuts-lowers-risk-of-allergy-says-study/

[Valerie]

Interesting! I always just assumed people were either born with a peanut allergy or not. I would be scared to death to have a child with peanut allergy in my class. It's like nobody they have contact with is allowed to even look at a peanut.