ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY, FEED YOUR KIDS PEANUT BUTTER EARLY TO PREVENT ALLERGIES

Per the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, peanut allergies are among the most common food allergies found in children in the United States. A recent study published by the National Institutes of Health, suggests that there may be a way for parents to prevent allergies by feeding kids peanut butter early. Kid eating peanut butter sandwich with grandma. CANVA.COM “Feeding children peanut products regularly from infancy to age 5 years reduced the rate of peanut allergy in adolescence by 71%,” the new NIH study suggests. Researchers shared the news in a press release earlier this week. Researchers went on to say that children who weren’t fed peanuts or peanut products during the suggested age were found to have the, “peanut allergy [remain] significantly more prevalent in participants in the original peanut avoidance group than in the original peanut consumption group. Peanut butter sandwich. CANVA.COM The research study was co-funded by the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Researchers provided “conclusive evidence that achieving long-term prevention of peanut allergy is possible through early allergen consumption” to support their hypothesis. “Today’s findings should reinforce parents’ and caregivers’ confidence that feeding their young children peanut products beginning in...