Recent Study Reveals Consuming Peanut Butter During Infancy Prevents Later Peanut allergy
Introducing peanut butter during infancy can help protect against a peanut allergy later on, new study finds
According to encouraging new research, introducing smooth peanut butter to infants and young children can lower their chance of acquiring a peanut allergy years down the road.
A study published in the journal NEJM Evidence on Tuesday found that starting peanut consumption in infancy as early as 4 months of age, for example, as a soft pureed paste, and continuing regularly until about 5 years old was associated with a 71% reduced rate of peanut allergy among adolescents in the United Kingdom, compared with avoiding peanuts.
"I wasn't totally shocked because allergies don't seem to manifest in adolescence or adulthood in Israel, where babies are exposed to peanuts at a relati...