A group of British mothers who avoided eating peanuts throughout their pregnancy and feeding it to their children are now seeing the consequences. According to the House of Lords, these mothers are facing an allergy epidemic.
The committee is trying to tell the government to change its advice to pregnant women and mothers who have a history of asthma, eczema, or hayfever, which currenlty says, 'avoid eating peanuts and peanut products when you're pregnant and breastfeeding'.
So, there you have it! Eat peanuts and possibly avoid allergies. The House of Lords committee (I like saying that) is due to be published next week.The science and technology committee's allergy report found that nut allergies were extremely low in countries where children are weaned on peanuts.
'It is quite striking that the increase in peanut allergies is rather in step with the increasing Government advice not to expose tiny children to them,' said Lord May of Oxford. 'In Israel, where peanuts are quite commonly found in baby food, there has been no increase in peanut allergies.
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[Source: PregnancyWeekly's Blog]
