It started January 19th, but it’s never too late to join in.
Here are several summaries posted over the past 2 years related to food preferences and the risk of allergy in infants.
Soy and the risk of peanut allergy
- The association between soy consumption and peanut sensitization is not causal but a result of preferential use of soy milk in infants with a personal or family history of cow’s milk allergy.
Nut products, pregnancy, and allergy risk
- Daily consumption of nut products — but not nuts — was associated with a higher prevalence of the following.
- Wheeze
- Difficulty breathing
- Steroid use
- Asthma symptoms
- On the other hand, daily fruit consumption during pregnancy was associated with an 18% reduction in the prevalence of wheezing in 8-year-olds.
Diet during pregnancy and allergenicity of offspring
- In allergic mothers there was no correlation between eating fish, butter, and margarine and the offspring’s sensitization to food or inhaled allergens.
- In the non-allergic mothers, eating fish at least 2-3 times per week reduced the risk of food sensitizations by more than a third.
Soy vs cow’s milk formulas and the risk of allergies in infants and children
- There’s no significant benefit from using a soy formula compared to cow’s milk formula.
- However, mothers who choose to only breastfeed their infants for at least 6 months do reduce the incidence of allergy.
1/21/09 10:00 JR